Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB274: Supplemental Funding for Literacy Coaching
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill provides supplemental funding for literacy coaching.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 9, 2026:
0 Supplemental Funding for Literacy Coaching 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Kathleen A. Riebe House Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill provides supplemental funding for literacy coaching. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; and - provides supplemental funding for literacy coaching to local education agencies and certain small schools, based on average student performance on a benchmark reading assessment. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: This bill provides a special effective date. Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 53F-2-424 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53F-2-424 is enacted to read: 53F-2-424 . Supplemental funding for literacy coaching. (1) As used in this section, "benchmark reading assessment" means the assessment described in Section 53E-4-307 . (2) (a) If the average student performance within an LEA on the benchmark reading assessment is below the statewide average on the benchmark reading assessment, the state board shall provide additional funding to the LEA to provide additional literacy coaching support, as described in Section 53 E-3-1002, in the following amounts: (i) except as provided in Subsection (1)(b) , an amount equivalent to half of a full-time employee; and (ii) for an LEA with fewer than 300 students that demonstrates below typical growth on the assessment, …
Sponsors
- Riebe, Kathleen A. (D, 15) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0274
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0274
- : Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research
- : LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0274
- : LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0274
- : Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
Subjects: Student Assessment, School Finance, Education, K-12 Education, School Personnel
Common questions
- What is SB274?
- SB274 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Supplemental Funding for Literacy Coaching.
- What does SB274 do?
- This bill provides supplemental funding for literacy coaching.
- What is the status of SB274?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB274?
- Riebe, Kathleen A. (D, 15).
- Where is the official record for SB274?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0274.html
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