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Park City Board approves employee agreements adding PTO, computer‑science stipend and changing ESA language
Summary
The Park City Board of Education approved revised employee agreements May 20 that add PTO days for eligible staff, create a $1,000 stipend for a computer‑science integration endorsement (up to three endorsements), revise ESL endorsement timelines, and remove a fixed Education Savings Account dollar amount pending state action and litigation.
The Park City Board of Education on May 20 approved updated employee agreements that add two paid-time-off days for eligible employees, create a $1,000 stipend for a computer‑science integration endorsement (capped at three endorsements per educator), and remove a fixed Education Savings Account dollar amount pending state funding decisions and litigation, district staff said.
District staff said the changes were made primarily to ensure compliance with recent state law changes and to provide clarity for educators and classified staff. "We removed the language that wasn't compliant with House Bill 267," Staff member (Speaker 2) explained during the meeting.
The agreements revise several employment provisions. For licensed professionals, the district clarified that English-as-a-second-language endorsement is required and that newly hired teachers without the endorsement will have three years to obtain it; if they do not, their provisional status may be extended for a fourth year. The agreement also adds the "computer‑science integration" endorsement to the list of endorsements that qualify for a $1,000 stipend, payable for up to three endorsements per educator.
The agreements replace the label "classified" with "education support professionals (ESPs)" and extend the same two additional PTO days to ESPs who accrue PTO based on their contracted hours. Staff said the change replaces a previous practice of "flex Fridays" that had created coverage problems for secretarial and support staff. "There were four flex Fridays, which essentially equated to 12 hours. Now we're giving them 16 hours in addition to the 11 days they already have," Staff member (Speaker 2) said, noting that the district will reflect the increase as 13 PTO days for eligible employees beginning next school year.
On compensation mechanics, the board removed automatic "economic trigger" language and removed a specific Education Savings Account (ESA) dollar figure from the contract because of uncertainty at the state level. District staff said the ESA amount for the coming year had been projected at about $10,350 but is tied to legislative funding and a separate legal challenge. "Due to an impending lawsuit, we took the amount out and we just put whatever the Utah Legislature allocates," Staff member (Speaker 2) said, adding that the district will follow the state education office's allocation and that meet-and-confer language was added for fiscal year 2027–28 compensation planning.
Board members moved to approve the agreements during the meeting; a motion was made and seconded and the chair called for the question. "All in favor," the chair said; the transcript records the vote as approved but does not list individual roll-call votes.
District staff also said the licensed and ESP agreements were the result of multiple collaborative bargaining sessions with local associations, including the PCEA and PCCEA, and with district leadership.
The agreements will be circulated for signature after the meeting via DocuSign, staff said. The district noted that final pay and implementation will depend on state allocations and any outcomes of pending litigation.
