Utah State Board of Education

The Utah State Board of Education has already requested an additional $100 million, but Republican Rep. Ryan Wilcox said he thinks it’ll be closer to $800 million.

Sayre Posey is known for her engaging U.S. history lessons at Northwest Middle School in Salt Lake City.

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

Utah’s new school safety law requires an armed individual to be at every K-12 school to protect the kids inside. That includes thousands of young children who attend pre-K or daycare in K-12 school buildings.

The list includes books by Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood and several by Sarah J. Maas.

The Utah State Board of Education will send out a list by Aug. 5 of any books that need to be removed from public schools statewide under the new law.

Utah has joined the growing number of states issuing guidance on artificial intelligence use in schools.

Utah State Board of Education member Natalie Cline faced calls to resign after lawmakers said she bullied a student on social media has lost her nomination for reelection. She needed at least 40% of the delegate votes at the Salt Lake County Republican Convention, but fell short of that threshold Saturday.

The Utah State Board of Education has debated requiring that school districts hand over this information to charters. Without any agreement, they’re going back to the drawing board

The problem Utah educators have with the bill is that it doesn’t provide any state funding to make up for the funds schools will lose.

Lawmakers have passed HB29, which updates Utah’s sensitive materials law and allows for books to be banned statewide.

The father of the student targeted on social media by Natalie Cline said it wasn’t “the resolution we were hoping for, but it’s a step in the right direction.”