Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB106: Educator Compensation Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill amends a provision that ties the amount of the educator salary adjustment to the operation of the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, January 7, 2026:
0 Educator Compensation Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Karen Kwan House Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends a provision that ties the amount of the educator salary adjustment to the operation of the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - amends a provision that ties the amount of the educator salary adjustment to the operation of the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program to preserve the existing salary amount regardless of litigation; and - makes technical changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 53F-2-405 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 165 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53F-2-405 is amended to read: 53F-2-405 . Educator salary adjustments. (1) As used in this section, "educator" means a person employed by a school district, charter school, regional education service agency, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind who holds: (a) (i) a license issued by the state board; and (ii) a position as a: (A) classroom teacher; (B) speech pathologist; (C) librarian or media specialist; (D) preschool teacher; (E) mentor teacher; (F) teacher specialist or teacher leader; (G) guidance counselor; (H) audiologist; (I) psychologist; or (J) social worker; or (b) …
Sponsors
- Karen Kwan (D, 12) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- : Senate Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- : Senate/ to standing committee
- : Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0106
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0106
- : Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research
Subjects: School Finance, Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, Education, Charter Schools, K-12 Education, Local Education Agencies (LEAs), School Personnel
Common questions
- What is SB106?
- SB106 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Educator Compensation Amendments.
- What does SB106 do?
- This bill amends a provision that ties the amount of the educator salary adjustment to the operation of the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program.
- What is the status of SB106?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB106?
- Karen Kwan (D, 12).
- Where is the official record for SB106?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0106.html
Source: official Utah record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.