Enrolled Copy H.B. 410
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Child Care Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Tracy J. Miller
Senate Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper
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LONG TITLE
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General Description:
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This bill modifies provisions relating to child care.
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Highlighted Provisions:
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This bill:
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▸ provides that the time employed as a preschool teacher in a child care program is
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equivalent to the time employed in a public school or accredited private school for
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purposes of relicensing;
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▸ authorizes the use of housing and transit reinvestment zone funds to include construction
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or expansion of child care facilities within the zone; and
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▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
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Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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None
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Other Special Clauses:
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None
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Utah Code Sections Affected:
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AMENDS:
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53E-6-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 51
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63N-3-607, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 521
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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Section 1. Section 53E-6-201 is amended to read:
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53E-6-201 . State board licensure.
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(1) The state board shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
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Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish a system for educator licensing that
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includes: H.B. 410 Enrolled Copy
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(a) an associate educator license that permits an individual to provide educational
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services in a public school while working to meet the requirements of a professional
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educator license;
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(b) a professional educator license that permits an individual to provide educational
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services in a public school after demonstrating that the individual meets licensure
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requirements established in state board rule;
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(c) an LEA-specific educator license issued by the state board at the request of an LEA's
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governing body that is valid for an individual to provide educational services in the
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requesting LEA's schools;
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(d) beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, a provider-specific license issued by the
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state board at the request of an authorized online course provider described in [
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Subsection] Section 53F-4-504 that:
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(i) is valid for an individual to provide educational services to a student enrolled in an
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online course described in Section 53F-4-503; and
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(ii) contains eligibility criteria that is no more stringent than the requirements for a
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license described in Subsection (1)(c); and
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(e) beginning in the 2029-2030 school year, the creation or modification of licenses if
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any are created or modified under Section 53G-6-206.
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(2) An individual employed in a position that requires licensure by the state board shall
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hold the license that is appropriate to the position.
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(3)(a)(i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii), the state board may make rules
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in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to
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rank, endorse, or otherwise classify licenses and establish the criteria for
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obtaining, retaining, and reinstating licenses.
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(ii) The state board may not make licensure contingent upon passage of a pedagogical
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performance assessment.
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(iii) The state board shall consider employment duration as a preschool teacher in a
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child care program, as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-401, as equivalent to
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employment duration in a district school, charter school, or accredited private
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school for purposes of relicensing.
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(b) An educator who is enrolling in a course of study at an institution within the state
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system of higher education to satisfy the state board requirements for retaining a
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license is exempt from tuition, except for a semester registration fee established by
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the Utah Board of Higher Education, if:
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(i) the educator is enrolled on the basis of surplus space in the class after regularly
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enrolled students have been assigned and admitted to the class in accordance with
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regular procedures, normal teaching loads, and the institution's approved budget;
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and
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(ii) enrollments are determined by each institution under rules and guidelines
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established by the Utah Board of Higher Education in accordance with findings of
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fact that space is available for the educator's enrollment.
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Section 2. Section 63N-3-607 is amended to read:
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63N-3-607 . Payment, use, and administration of revenue from a housing and
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transit reinvestment zone.
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(1) A municipality or public transit county may receive and use tax increment and housing
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and transit reinvestment zone funds in accordance with this part.
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(2)(a) A county that collects property tax on property located within a housing and
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transit reinvestment zone shall, in accordance with Section 59-2-1365, distribute to
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the municipality or public transit county any tax increment the municipality or public
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transit county is authorized to receive up to the maximum approved by the housing
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and transit reinvestment zone committee.
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(b) Tax increment distributed to a municipality or public transit county in accordance
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with Subsection (2)(a) is not revenue of the taxing entity or municipality or public
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transit county.
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(c)(i) Tax increment paid to the municipality or public transit county are housing and
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transit reinvestment zone funds and shall be administered by an agency created by
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the municipality or public transit county within which the housing and transit
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reinvestment zone is located.
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(ii) Before an agency may receive housing and transit reinvestment zone funds from
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the municipality or public transit county, the municipality or public transit county
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and the agency shall enter into an interlocal agreement with terms that:
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(A) are consistent with the approval of the housing and transit reinvestment zone
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committee; and
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(B) meet the requirements of Section 63N-3-603.
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(3)(a) A municipality or public transit county and agency shall use housing and transit
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reinvestment zone funds within, or for the direct benefit of, the housing and transit
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reinvestment zone.
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(b) If any housing and transit reinvestment zone funds will be used outside of the
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housing and transit reinvestment zone, there must be a finding in the approved
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proposal for a housing and transit reinvestment zone that the use of the housing and
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transit reinvestment zone funds outside of the housing and transit reinvestment zone
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will directly benefit the housing and transit reinvestment zone.
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(4)(a) A municipality or public transit county shall use housing and transit reinvestment
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zone funds to achieve the purposes described in Subsections 63N-3-603(1) and (2),
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by paying all or part of the costs of any of the following:
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[(a)] (i) income targeted housing costs;
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[(b)] (ii) structured parking within the housing and transit reinvestment zone;
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[(c)] (iii) enhanced development costs;
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[(d)] (iv) horizontal construction costs;
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[(e)] (v) vertical construction costs;
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[(f)] (vi) property acquisition costs within the housing and transit reinvestment zone;[
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or]
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[(g)] (vii) the costs of the municipality or public transit county to create and
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administer the housing and transit reinvestment zone, which may not exceed 2%
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of the total housing and transit reinvestment zone funds, plus the costs to complete
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the gap analysis described in Subsection 63N-3-604(2)[.] ; or
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(viii) subject to Subsection (4)(b), costs for the construction or expansion of child
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care facilities within the boundary of the housing and transit reinvestment zone.
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(b) A municipality or public transit county may not use more than 1% of the total
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housing and transit reinvestment zone funds to pay costs described in Subsection
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(4)(a)(viii).
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(5) Housing and transit reinvestment zone funds may be paid to a participant, if the agency
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and participant enter into a participation agreement [which] that requires the participant
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to utilize the housing and transit reinvestment zone funds as allowed in this section.
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(6) Housing and transit reinvestment zone funds may be used to pay all of the costs of
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bonds issued by the municipality or public transit county in accordance with Title 17C,
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Chapter 1, Part 5, Agency Bonds, including the cost to issue and repay the bonds
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including interest.
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(7) A municipality or public transit county may create one or more public infrastructure
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districts within the housing and transit reinvestment zone under Title 17D, Chapter 4,
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Public Infrastructure District Act, and pledge and utilize the housing and transit
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reinvestment zone funds to guarantee the payment of public infrastructure bonds issued
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by a public infrastructure district.
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Section 3. Effective Date.
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This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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