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Senate OKs School Turnaround and Leadership Development Act, including incentive pay for leaders

Utah State Senate · March 9, 2015
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Summary

The Senate passed a first substitute to SB 235 creating a School Turnaround and Leadership Development Act with $8 million prioritized for turnaround teams, an independent expert roster, and incentives for principals who commit to low-performing schools.

The Utah Senate passed a first substitute to SB 235, the School Turnaround and Leadership Development Act, authorizing a slate of tools intended to improve low-performing public and charter schools. The bill establishes a state-approved roster of independent school-turnaround experts, a state leadership-development program for principals, and a recognition and reward schedule that includes monetary incentives for educators when school grades improve.

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