But there s a catch.
And that s putting pressure on the Salt Lake City School District to provide options for in-person learning in all its schools by Jan. 19.
In its vote to recommend the Utah Legislature appropriate $121 million to a one-time COVID-19 educator assistance stipend $1,500 for teachers and $1,000 for school staff the Executive Appropriations Committee included a last-minute tweak to require the payment only goes to teachers offering in-person learning or some combination of in-person and virtual learning before Jan. 19, 2021.
That language proposed by House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, in the final moments before the committee was set to vote appeared to have caught some Democratic lawmakers off guard, who said it was unfairly targeting the Salt Lake City School District and punishing teachers for a school board decision in an area that has been a hot spot for COVID-19 cases.
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