{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-53e-5-309","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 53E-5-309","heading":"School Leadership Development Program.","body":"(1) As used in this section, \"school leader\" means a school principal or assistant principal.\n(2) There is created the School Leadership Development Program to increase the supply of highly effective school leaders capable of:\n(a) initiating, achieving, and sustaining school improvement efforts; and\n(b) forming and sustaining community partnerships as described in Section 53F-5-402.\n(3) The state board shall identify one or more providers, through a request for proposals process, to develop or provide leadership development training for school leaders that:\n(a) may provide in-depth training in proven strategies to improve springboard schools and elevate schools;\n(b) may emphasize hands-on and job-embedded learning;\n(c) aligns with the state's leadership standards established by state board rule;\n(d) reflects the needs of a school district or charter school where a school leader serves;\n(e) may include training on using student achievement data to drive decisions;\n(f) may develop skills in implementing and evaluating evidence-based instructional practices;\n(g) may develop skills in leading collaborative school improvement structures, including professional learning communities; and\n(h) includes instruction on forming and sustaining community partnerships as described in Section 53F-5-402.\n(4) Subject to legislative appropriations, the state board shall provide incentive pay to a school leader who:\n(a) completes leadership development training under this section; and\n(b) agrees to work, for at least five years, in a school that ranked in the lowest performing 20% of schools under the school accountability system in the school year previous to the first year the school leader:\n(i) completes leadership development training; and\n(ii) begins to work, or continues to work, in a school described in this Subsection (4)(b).\n(5) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board shall make rules specifying:\n(a) eligibility criteria for a school leader to participate in the School Leadership Development Program;\n(b) application procedures for the School Leadership Development Program;\n(c) criteria for selecting school leaders from the application pool; and\n(d) procedures for awarding incentive pay under Subsection (4).","path":["Title 53E Public Education System -- State Administration","Chapter 53E-5 Accountability","Part 53E-5-3 School Improvement and Leadership Development"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53E/Chapter5/53E-5-S309.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"132075d2779d7ff65ac71b590b0ad9006925338e20c0828e7d4dc94edd6919fe","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-53e-5-306","next":"us-ut/utah-code-53e-5-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}