Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The
Superintendent shall allocate funds for salary supplements to eligible teachers
in accordance with Subsection
53F-2-504(3).
(2) The Superintendent shall maintain an
online application system for the TSSP and make it available to educators no
later than October 1 of each school year.
(3) To receive an award under this program,
an applicant for the TSSP shall apply to the Superintendent by the following
deadlines for each school year in which the applicant is an eligible teacher:
(a) for trimester payments to the educator,
prior to November 15;
(b) for
semester payments to the educator, prior to January 31; and
(c) for an annual payment to the educator,
prior to April 30.
(4)
(a) Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, an
applicant shall submit an application to receive funds as an eligible
teacher.
(b) Once an applicant has
established eligibility in accordance with Subsection (4)(a), the applicant
shall maintain eligibility in all subsequent years in which the applicant has
an eligible Utah teaching assignment, without the need for the applicant to
reapply, even if an applicant later has a lapse in eligibility.
(5)
(a) If an applicant is denied funds under
this rule, the applicant may submit a written appeal to the Superintendent
prior to June 1 of each school year.
(b) An appeal under Subsection (5)(a) is
limited to the following issues:
(i) whether
the applicant has a degree or degree major with course requirements that are
substantially equivalent to the course requirements for a degree listed in
Section
53F-2-504;
(ii) whether the applicant has met the
qualifying teaching background requirements described in Section
53F-2-504;
(iii) whether the Superintendent's initial
denial was inconsistent with Section 53F-2-504 or this Rule R277-318;
or
(iv) whether the
Superintendent's initial denial was based on inaccurate or incomplete
information.
(c) The
Superintendent may designate a panel of at least two Board staff members to
review an appeal made under Subsection (4)(a) and to make a recommendation to
the Superintendent.
(i) A panel designated in
accordance with Subsection (5)(c) shall make a recommendation in accordance
with Section 53F-2-504 or this Rule R277-318.
(ii) The panel shall make a recommendation on
an appeal within 30 days of receipt of the written appeal.
(6) The Superintendent shall issue
a ruling on an appeal within 15 days of receipt of the panel's
recommendation.
(7) The decision of
the Superintendent on an appeal is the final Board administrative
action.
(8) If the appropriation
for TSSP is insufficient to cover eligible teachers entitled to awards, the
Superintendent may reduce all awards by the same ratio and
proportion.
