(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is putting the brakes on a program that allowed COVID-19 testing to help keep kids in school. Governor Cox signed House Bill 183 into law yesterday. The measure pauses the state’s “Test to Stay” program, which required a certain threshold of positive […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Legislation that would suspend the Test-to-Stay COVID-19 program at Utah schools is on the desk of Governor Spencer Cox. Republican House lawmakers gave final approval for HB 183 along party lines. Under the changes, schools can only move to remote learning after appealing to their […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Utah House is passing legislation to suspend Utah’s Test-to-Stay program for schools. In the program, schools that saw a certain number of COVID-19 cases among students were required to test everyone in order to keep in-person learning. Republicans and some health officials have said […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Governor Spencer Cox and Utah health officials discussed reasons behind the controversial decision to pause the Test-to-Stay program in Utah schools. Speaking with reporters Friday, Governor Cox said the decision was made in part due to a lack of COVID-19 testing supplies available. Both Cox […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State officials are giving Utah school districts more flexibility to move to virtual learning during the current surge in COVID-19 cases. Governor Cox and other state leaders announced yesterday that they were suspending the state’s Test-to-Stay protocols. Lawmakers were worried that the surge in cases […]
