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Utah law currently sets the size of educator salary bonuses for fiscal year 2026 based on whether the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program, the state's private school voucher program, is funded and operating: educators receive $10,350 if the program is active, but only $5,175 if it is not. This bill would change that rule so that educators still receive the full $10,350 salary adjustment even if the voucher program is blocked, enjoined, or struck down as unconstitutional through ongoing court litigation. Licensed public school educators—including classroom teachers, counselors, librarians, and school psychologists—would receive the higher salary amount regardless of how any legal challenge to the voucher program is resolved. The bill makes no other substantive changes to how educator salary adjustments are calculated or distributed.