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Utah House approves bill encouraging administrators to teach, adopts discretionary amendment
Summary
After extended debate over local control and workload, the House passed a bill to encourage administrators and curriculum developers to spend limited time teaching in classrooms, adopting an amendment that makes the requirement discretionary for districts.
The Utah House on Feb. 15 passed House Bill 354 as amended, a measure encouraging school administrators and curriculum staff to spend periodic time teaching in classrooms to reconnect policy-makers with classroom practice.
Representative Grant V. Proxman, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the measure would require district-level administrators to spend the equivalent of a quarter-hour in the classroom every two years and state curriculum staff every three years, while allowing waivers or exceptions for hardship and certification adjustments. Proxman said the practice improves morale, fosters better…
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