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Utah's annual educator salary bonus program currently covers teachers, counselors, psychologists, speech pathologists, and other school-based professionals, providing a bonus ranging from about $5,175 to $10,350 per full-time employee depending on state scholarship program funding status. This bill would expand eligibility to include registered nurses who are licensed through the Division of Professional Licensing and employed by a school district, charter school, regional education service agency, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, alongside the social workers already covered under that licensing category. If passed, the change would take effect July 1, 2026.