Board adopts P14 'Shine' salary‑supplement policy for high‑need educators required by state law

The Salt Lake City School District board voted Aug. 5 to adopt board policy P14, establishing the district’s implementation of the state’s Shine program (Senate Bill 173) for salary supplements to high‑need educators. The policy replaces the district’s prior Teacher Salary Supplement Program and preserves stipend eligibility for educators who previously qualified.

Why it matters: SB 173 requires local education agencies to adopt a policy governing salary supplements for designated high‑need educator categories. The district’s policy P14 clarifies local categories for stipends and the administrative procedures the district will use to distribute payments.

What the policy says and who qualifies: District staff told the board the Shine program payments are not incorporated into base contract salary but are administered as individualized stipend payments on separate timesheets with state coding for program reporting. For 2025–26 the district identified the high‑need categories as secondary math, secondary science, computer science and all special education teachers. Human Resources will annually review and designate high‑need categories.

Implementation and funding: Staff said the program uses state‑designated program codes for reporting and that stipends will be administered through separate pay processes rather than as base‑salary increases. The board approved the policy without condition and staff said they will prepare accompanying administrative procedures for the policy subcommittee and subsequent board review as required.

Board action: The board moved the policy to action and approved P14; roll call votes recorded all voting members in favor on the final action vote.