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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Bill HB 198 Removes Scholarship Program Condition from Educator Salary Adjustments
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: John Arthur
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What This Bill Proposed
Utah HB 198 removes the legal provision that ties the amount of state-funded educator salary adjustments to the operational and funding status of the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program, taking effect on July 1, 2026.
The change alters how educator salary adjustment tiers are determined by severing their statutory dependence on a separate scholarship program, ensuring salary calculations depend directly on legislative appropriations and the value of the .
- The Utah Fits All Scholarship Program was established to provide scholarship accounts for eligible students to use for education-related expenses. context
- State educator salary adjustments in Utah are distributed annually by the state board to school districts and charter schools based on eligible educator positions. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Educators
School Districts and Charter Schools
They receive and distribute state-appropriated funds for educator salary adjustments subject to state board rules.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
11 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 16, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0198
- Jan 16, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0198
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- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 8, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0198
- Jan 8, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0198
- Jan 8, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 8, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
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Decoupling of Salary Adjustments from Scholarship Program
HB 198 removes the direct financial and operational link between educator salary adjustment tiers and the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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