(West Valley City, UT) — Utah’s first lady is helping roll out a nationwide program meant to promote kindness and inclusiveness in schools. First Lady Abby Cox was at Gerald L. Wright Elementary School yesterday to talk with students and challenge them to include others in activities and conversations. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A proposal that would allow the state to punish teachers for talking about “divisive concepts” in class failed to clear its committee hearing in the Utah Legislature. SB 257 from Republican State Senator John Johnson would have applied to K-12 schools and state-funded colleges. Teachers […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would have allowed the state to help parents send their children to private schools will not be advancing in the Utah Legislature. House Bill 331 was defeated in a 53-22 vote in the House yesterday. The bill had been modified to set […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are considering a proposal that would require schools throughout the state collect additional data on bullying, including bullied students’ race, gender, age and disability status. The proposal advanced through a committee in the Utah House on Friday, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. Rep. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would ban sensitive content in public school libraries is advancing in the Utah Legislature. State Representative Steve Waldrip says House Bill 374 is trying to strike a balance between competing concerns. The bill would ban any content considered pornographic, and would require […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers will not be pursuing a proposed idea to end the funding of public education through the state’s income tax. The Senate’s majority whip says lawmakers have decided to delay any discussion of the idea until after the current legislative session is over. State […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Governor Spencer Cox plans to veto legislation that would create a school voucher system in Utah schools. During his monthly news conference, Governor Cox said he does support the use of school vouchers that would allow families to direct the public funds for their children […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A committee in the Utah House narrowly passed a controversial bill that would create a school voucher program for children to attend private schools. HB 331 allows parents to take the money spent for their children in public school to go towards private school tuition, […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would provide free feminine hygiene products in Utah schools is close to passing in the state legislature. The Utah Senate unanimously voted in favor of House Bill 162 yesterday. The bill would create a public-private partnership to make sure feminine products were […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Governor Spencer Cox spent some time in a middle school classroom yesterday. Cox says he is taught three periods of eighth grade history, serving as a substitute teacher. This comes after the governor eased restrictions for substitute teachers statewide due to an ongoing staff shortage. […]
