SALT LAKE CITY-Monday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert approved the Utah State Board of Education’s reopening requirements and recommendations.
Furthermore, he gave notice to all Utah schools reopening plans must be in place and posted online by August 1.
Herbert’s stamp of approval means USBE’s “Planning Requirements and Recommendations For K-12 School Reopening” will be included with the state’s “Phased Guidelines For the General Public” and “Businesses To Maximize Public Health and Economic Reactivation.”
A news release from USBE states “The newly approved requirements and recommendations constitute an addendum to the phased guidelines. They help school districts and charter schools define what to do, but also enable adaptability and innovation at the local level in determining how to make schools safe this fall.”
Herbert said “we appreciate the thought, care and work that went into these requirements and recommendations. We appreciate that so many health care professionals, teachers, administrators, parents, classified workers and others devoted their energies into creating these guidelines to help keep our children and our school employees safe and healthy this coming academic year.”
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sydnee Dickson said “we will be digitally meeting with local school leaders throughout the state shortly to provide tools for applying appropriate principles and levers to mitigate risk of spread in school-specific settings. We have innovative problem solvers working in our public schools and we will work with districts and charter schools as they create their plans to keep our students and staff safe this coming school year.”
