Utah Code 53G-11-503. Career employee status for provisional employees — Career status in the event of change of position — Continuation of probationary status when position changes — Temporary status for extra duty assignments
53G-11-503. Career employee status for provisional employees — Career status in the event of change of position — Continuation of probationary status when position changes — Temporary status for extra duty assignments.
(1)
Terms Used In Utah Code 53G-11-503
Career employee: means an employee of a school district who has obtained a reasonable expectation of continued employment based upon Section 53G-11-503 and an agreement with the employee or the employee's association, district practice, or policy. See Utah Code 53G-11-501
Employee: means a career or provisional employee of a school district, except as provided in Subsection (7)(b). See Utah Code 53G-11-501
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Provisional employee: means an individual, other than a career employee or a temporary employee, who is employed by a school district. See Utah Code 53G-11-501
School board: means a local school board or, for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, the state board. See Utah Code 53G-11-501
Temporary employee: means an individual who is employed on a temporary basis as defined by policies adopted by the school board. See Utah Code 53G-11-501
(a)
A provisional employee must work for a school district on at least a half-time basis for three consecutive years to obtain career employee status.
(b)
A school district may extend the provisional status of an employee up to an additional two consecutive years in accordance with a written policy adopted by the district’s school board that specifies the circumstances under which an employee’s provisional status may be extended.
(2)
Policies of an employing school district shall determine the status of a career employee in the event of the following:
(a)
the employee accepts a position which is substantially different from the position in which career status was achieved; or
(b)
the employee accepts employment in another school district.
(3)
If an employee who is under an order of probation or remediation in one assignment in a school district is transferred or given a new assignment in the district, the order shall stand until its provisions are satisfied.
(4)
An employee who is given extra duty assignments in addition to a primary assignment, such as a teacher who also serves as a coach or activity advisor, is a temporary employee in those extra duty assignments and may not acquire career status beyond the primary assignment.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session Amended by Chapter 22, 2018 General Session
