Utah Code 53E-8-301. Educators exempt from Division of Human Resource Management rules — Collective bargaining agreement

53E-8-301. Educators exempt from Division of Human Resource Management rules — Collective bargaining agreement.

(1)	Educators employed by the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind are exempt from mandatory compliance with rules of the Division of Human Resource Management.

(a)	if the person is three years of age or older but younger than 22 years of age, having a visual impairment that, even with correction, adversely affects educational performance or substantially limits one or more major life activities; and

(b)

if the person is younger than three years of age, having a visual impairment. See Utah Code 53E-8-102

Deaf: means :

(a)	if the person is three years of age or older but younger than 22 years of age, having hearing loss, whether permanent or fluctuating, that, even with amplification, adversely affects educational performance or substantially limits one or more major life activities; and

(b)	if the person is younger than three years of age, having hearing loss. See Utah Code 53E-8-102 State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
(2)	The state board may enter into a collective bargaining agreement to establish compensation and other personnel policies with educators employed by the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to replace rules of the Division of Human Resource Management.

(3)	A collective bargaining agreement made under Subsection (2) is subject to the same requirements that are imposed on local school boards by Section 53G-11-202.

Amended by Chapter 344, 2021 General Session