Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 99 First Substitute (2020GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Millner, A.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/30/2020

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• provides for the State Board of Education to award grants to eligible local education agencies to use for mentorship and training activities for:
• new principals hired by a local education agency within three years; and
• aspiring principals;
• creates reporting requirements; and
• requires the state board to make rules.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Ann Millner
House Sponsor: 
Val L. Peterson
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill creates a grant program to provide awards for mentorship and training
activities for new and aspiring principals.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ provides for the State Board of Education to award grants to eligible local education
agencies to use for mentorship and training activities for:
• new principals hired by a local education agency within three years; and
• aspiring principals;
▸ creates reporting requirements; and
▸ requires the state board to make rules.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2021:
▸ to the State Board of Education - Minimum School Program - Related to Basic
School Programs, as an ongoing appropriation:
• from the Education Fund, $4,800,000; and
▸ to the State Board of Education - State Administrative Office - General System
Support, as an ongoing appropriation:
• from the Education Fund, $200,000. 
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a coordination clause.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
53F-5-214
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:
53F-5-214
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53F-5-214
 is enacted to read:
 53F-5-214.
Grants for new and aspiring principals.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Aspiring principal" means an educator who is:
(i) employed by an LEA; and
(ii) pursuing a school leadership license or license area of concentration through
enrollment in a state board approved school leadership program.
(b) "Educator" means an individual who holds a professional educator license
described in Section 
53E-6-201
.
(c) "Eligible applicant" means one of the following that has established a mentoring
program for new principals, or agrees to establish a mentoring program during the first year of
funding, that meets the requirements as described in Subsection (6):
(i) a single LEA;
(ii) a group of more than one LEA that submits a joint application;
(iii) a regional service center as described in Section 
53G-4-410
.
(d) "Internship" means an extended supervised experience for an aspiring principal to
engage in the work of a principal, designed to build and demonstrate the competencies required
for a school leadership license or license area of concentration.
(e) "New principal" means a principal hired by an LEA within the previous three years
who has not been previously employed as a principal by the LEA.
(f) (i) "Principal" means a school-level leader with executive authority, including:
(A) a principal;
(B) an assistant principal;
(C) a charter school director; or
(D) another school-based administrator.
(ii) "Principal" does not include:
(A) a school district administrator; or
(B) a director of two or more charter schools.
(g) "Residency" means a clinical experience for an aspiring principal that:
(i) takes place in a new setting, other than the aspiring principal's current position; and
(ii) that is designed to build and demonstrate the competencies required for a school
leadership license or license area of concentration.
(2) (a) An eligible applicant may apply to the state board for a grant to provide
professional learning and training activities for a new principal or an aspiring principal.
(b) Subject to legislative appropriations, the state board shall award a grant to an
eligible applicant on a qualifying or competitive basis.
(c) The state board may award a grant to an eligible applicant for up to five years.
(d) The state board shall determine an eligible applicant's grant amount based on a
formula determined by the state board as described Subsection (6).
(3) (a) A grant recipient that receives a grant under this section may use the grant
award:
(i) to provide mentoring activities to a new principal;
(ii) to provide job-embedded experiences such as an internship or residency to an
aspiring principal to help the aspiring principal meet school leader standards and competencies
required for licensure as a principal;
(iii) for activities designed to improve principal leadership, including:
(A) hiring a principal supervisor or a principal coach;
(B) providing professional learning activities to help a principal meet school leadership
standards and competencies for principal licensure established by the state board; and
(C) other activities determined by the state board in Subsection (6); and
(iv) for planning purposes during the first year of the grant award.
(b) A grant recipient that receives a grant award under this section shall use the grant
award for activities that are evidenced-based.
(4) A grant recipient that receives a grant award under this section shall report to the
state board on the performance measures and reporting requirements described in Subsection
(6).
(5) On or before the November 2026 meeting, the state board shall report to the
Education Interim Committee on:
(a) the information described in Subsection (4); and
(b) for each grant recipient:
(i) how the grant recipient used the grant award;
(ii) the number and percent of principals receiving the professional learning and
training activities described in Subsection (3);
(iii) survey data collected from participating new principals and aspiring principals
regarding the quality and effectiveness of the professional learning and training activities
described in Subsection (3);
(iv) retention rates for all principals;
(v) teacher retention rates in each school with a new principal or aspiring principal
receiving the professional learning and training activities described in Subsection (3); and
(vi) school accountability data described in Title 53E, Chapter 5, Accountability, for
each year the grant recipient uses the grant award to provide new and aspiring principals with
the professional learning and training activities described in Subsection (3).
(6) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
state board shall make rules establishing:
(a) mentoring program requirements for new principals;
(b) grant application and award procedures including a formula for determining an
eligible applicant's grant award amount;
(c) performance measures and reporting requirements for a grant recipient;
(d) principal leadership standards and competencies;
(e) a grant award distribution schedule; and
(f) professional learning activities to improve principal leadership for which a grant
recipient may use a grant award.
Section 2. 
Appropriation.
The following sums of money are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2020, and ending June 30, 2021. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for
fiscal year 2021. Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures
Act, the Legislature appropriates the following sums of money from the funds or accounts
indicated for the use and support of the government of the state of Utah.
ITEM 1
To State Board of Education - Minimum School Program - Related to Basic School
Programs
From Education Fund
$4,800,000
 Schedule of Programs:
Grants for new and aspiring principals
$4,800,000
The Legislature intends that appropriations provided under this item be used for grants
to provide professional development and training for new or aspiring school principals as
described in Section 
53F-5-214
.
ITEM 2
To State Board of Education - State Administrative Office - General System Support
From Education Fund
$200,000
 Schedule of Programs:
Teaching and Learning
$200,000
The Legislature intends that appropriations provided under this item be used for the
state board to administer the grant program as described in Section 
53F-5-214
.
Section 3. 
 Coordinating S.B. 99 with S.B. 79 -- Superseding substantive
amendments.
If this S.B. 99 and S.B. 79, Regional Education Service Agencies, both pass and
become law, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Legislative Research and
General Counsel shall prepare the Utah Code database for publication by changing all
references in Section 
53F-5-214
 from "regional service center" to "regional education service
agency".