Why Utah Republicans are standing firm on their teacher bonus plan, leaving Salt Lake City out
Gov.-elect Spencer Cox did not object to withholding bonuses from districts without in-person classes.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bonneville Elementary School, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.
| Dec. 18, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
Utah’s legislative leaders turned cash bonuses for teachers into a cudgel to pressure the Salt Lake City School District to return to class and the move did not catch everyone off guard.
House and Senate Republicans were informed of the forthcoming bonuses during a closed caucus meeting Tuesday. The plan to possibly cut Salt Lake City out of the bonuses sprung from those conversations after members vented their frustrations that the district was the lone holdout in returning to in-person class instruction.