SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah television station has conducted a survey suggesting that most of the state’s students could return to school in-person this fall. KUTV-TV queried five districts about how many of their students planned on taking online courses. The numbers reported are not final because thousands […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Board of Education has rejected multiple proposals requiring stricter precautions against the coronavirus as schools reopen across the state. The Deseret News reported that the board voted 9-5 Thursday against a series of mandates, including one that would limit the number of students […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will no longer recommend that schools allow students who have been exposed to COVID-19 to come to class following pushback from doctors and educators. The state issued a new recommendation Thursday that any student or teacher who has come into close contact with a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s largest teachers union has called for schools to delay reopening buildings for in-person learning and instead start only with online classes. The Utah Education Association on Tuesday called for state leaders to temporarily resume distance learning until COVID-19 cases further decline. The union says […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of over 150 educators rallied outside Utah’s Capitol building to call for stronger protections against the coronavirus for schools when they reopen this fall. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the teachers wore cloth face masks during the protest Thursday and stood socially distanced […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is joining more than 20 other states in canceling classes at public schools for the rest of the school year to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday that students will finish the year doing mostly online assignments. Public schools […]
Teachers have been teaching classes through remote learning since the middle of March due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and it looks like that will continue. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced Apr. 14 that Utah’s public and charter schools will continue their soft closure through the end of this school year. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Classes at Utah schools will remain dismissed at least through May 1, Gov. Gary Herbert said Monday as the number of diagnosed cases of the new coronavirus spiked. State officials say 257 cases have been diagnosed, up from 181 on Sunday. The increase comes a day […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Voters could soon be asked to change the Utah Constitution to allow a major shift in education funding after a deal announced Wednesday with the state’s largest teacher’s union. The compromise would include increasing the amount of money schools get per student and the creation […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Income tax money can only be used for education in Utah, but lawmakers are now introducing a complex proposal to change that in hopes of shoring up the state’s shrinking sales-tax base. The Deseret News reports the plan announced Wednesday would allow income tax to […]
