Title 53A State System of Public Education Chapter 17a Minimum School Program Act Section 107 Professional staff weighted pupil units.
53A-17a-107.Professional staff weighted pupil units.
(1) Professional staff weighted pupil units are computed and distributed in accordance
with the following schedule:
(a) Professional Staff Cost Formula
Master's
Years of Bachelor's Bachelor's Master's Degree
Experience Degree +30 Qt. Hr. Degree +45 Qt. Hr. Doctorate
1 1.00 1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20
2 1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25
3 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30
4 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.35
5 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.35 1.40
6 1.25 1.30 1.35 1.40 1.45
7 1.30 1.35 1.40 1.45 1.50
8 1.35 1.40 1.45 1.50 1.55
9 1.50 1.55 1.60
10 1.60 1.65
11 1.70
(b) Multiply the number of full-time or equivalent professional personnel in each
applicable experience category in Subsection (1)(a) by the applicable weighting factor.
(c) Divide the total of Subsection (1)(b) by the number of professional personnel
included in Subsection (1)(b) and reduce the quotient by 1.00.
(d) Multiply the result of Subsection (1)(c) by 1/4 of the weighted pupil units computed
in accordance with Sections 53A-17a-106 and 53A-17a-109.
(2) The State Board of Education shall enact rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter
3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, which require a certain percentage of a district's
professional staff to be certified in the area in which they teach in order for the district to receive
full funding under the schedule.
(3) If an individual's teaching experience is a factor in negotiating a contract of
employment to teach in the state's public schools, then the local school board is encouraged to
accept as credited experience all of the years the individual has taught in the state's public
schools.
Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session
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