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Student teachers urge USBE to treat stipend as true payment, not 1099 contractor income
Summary
Student teachers told the Utah State Board of Education that requiring them to be paid as 1099 contract workers reduces the value of a stipend intended to ease financial stress during student teaching, and called on the board to reconsider the payment mechanism.
Amy Shaw, a future student teacher at Utah State University, said the stipend intended for student teachers was undermined when she learned the payment would require them to become 1099 contract workers. "Losing 15.3% of whatever funds we receive doesn't change the fact that we are receiving funds, but it does undermine the purpose of the bill," Shaw said, referencing the 15.3 percent self-employment tax she expected under 1099 treatment.
Nut graf: Student-teacher commenters said the stipend included in recent legislation (transcript references HB 221 and related…
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