Committee recommends $1,500 bonus for Utah public school teachers
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 Br...
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