Ryan Wilcox

The recommendations were required as a part of a 2022 law mandating ethnic studies be incorporated into Utah’s K-12 core standards.

Earlier this year, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed into law a massive school security bill that only has $100 million of one-time funding. Some school district officials say it won’t be nearly enough.

The bill requires all schools to either have a school resource officer, an armed security guard, an armed and trained employee or “school guardian.”

The proposed bill would require all Utah schools to have either a school resource officer, an armed security guard or a trained and armed staff member readily available in case of a school shooting.