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Utah teachers like Courtney Wimberly now receive paid maternity leave under a new state law.

The law offers three weeks of parental and three weeks of postpartum leave.

Teachers must find their own substitutes and prepare lesson plans before they take leave.

DRAPER — When teacher Courtney Wimberly was in her classroom a few weeks ago preparing for this year's crop of kindergartners, she had Aug. 18 circled on her calendar.

The date signified more than just the first day of school at Oak Hollow Elementary in Draper.

"My maternity leave starts the day school starts," Wimberly told KSL-TV.

Just as planned, she gave birth to a baby girl on Aug. 18 — a milestone that also corresponds with the very early stages of a new state law. Until the legislation took effect in July, m

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