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HB42 would allocate extra funds to schools that see a sharp increase in the number of beginner English learners.
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Starting in October, monthly grant payments to eligible Utah child care providers will be reduced by 75%. They’ll be reduced again in March of 2024 and then completely disappear in June.
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Lawmakers are proposing $400 million in tax relief and eliminating the state sales tax on food — if voters agree to a state constitution change.
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Republican Rep. Robert Spendlove said the goal is to offer full-day kindergarten to all students statewide.
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Possible solutions include screening kids earlier for mental health concerns and tapping into underutilized Medicaid benefits.
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Student outcomes are a more important measure of a state’s public education system than its funding ranking. But the level of funding a state provides can be an important aid to student success.
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Incarcerated students in Utah currently have access to high school curriculums and can get their GED or diploma. A proposal by a state lawmaker would set up a program to help them earn college credits, too.
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The Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, provides low-cost health coverage for around 20,000 kids in Utah each year. Senator Orrin Hatch helped…
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A Utah lawmaker has proposed a bill that would restrict legal immigrant children from accessing health care through Medicaid and CHIP.Republican state…
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KUER 90.1 is partnering with Voices for Utah Children and KUED to host a screening of Frontline's Second Chance Kids. This Frontline episode looks inside…
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At 11.3 %, poverty rates in Utah are down only slightly over the past year according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau data. It’s also still higher than…
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A new report shows that Utah is not making the same progress on children’s health insurance coverage or child death rates as other states. According to…