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House approves $500,000-per-year grant program to recruit and retain Native American teachers
Summary
The House passed HB 43 to fund a four-year grant program ($500,000 annually) to recruit, retain and develop teachers in American Indian and Alaska Native concentrated schools; the bill passed 73–1 after sponsors said funding comes from the Uniform School Fund.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House on Monday approved HB 43, the American Indian and Alaska Native Education Amendments, which extends a pilot grant program to recruit and retain Native teachers and provides targeted professional development funding for schools with concentrated Native student populations.
Representative Noel, the bill sponsor, said the program would run for four years at $500,000 per year…
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