(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah education leaders say major changes to the U.S. Department of Education will require congressional approval and legal challenges. This comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin dismantling the agency yesterday. The Utah State Board of Education said the full impact on public schools remains unclear but reassured students and families that support will continue. Federal funds make up just 11-percent of Utah’s 8-billion-dollar public education budget, though many Title One schools rely on that money. Governor Spencer Cox and Representative Burgess Owens backed Trump’s move, while the Utah Education Association warned it could harm vulnerable students.












