Ogden School Board discusses joining state merit-pay pilot created by Senate Bill 173

Ogden City School District staff reviewed Senate Bill 173 — the state's market-informed compensation pilot for teachers — and outlined what participation would mean for teachers, timelines and remaining questions before the board.

The district's human resources director, Jessica Benitek, told the board the law creates three performance tiers for a three-year pilot and that the program is administered by the Center for the Schools of the Future. Under the model, top Tier 1 "master" teachers (top 5%) would receive $10,000 per year for three years (total $30,000) from the pilot; teachers in "exemplary" (6'10%) would receive $5,000 per year; and "recognized" teachers (11'25%) would receive $2,000 per year. Teachers at qualifying high-poverty schools would receive double those amounts,…