(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would require those living in student housing at Utah’s public universities to stay in gender-assigned areas is advancing. The measure would mean those in dorms would have to live only in areas designated for the sex they were assigned at birth. That […]
(St. George, UT) — Utah is among the top half of states to raise a family in 2025. That’s according to a new study by finance website WalletHub, which looked at 50 key indicators that were divided into five different categories. Among the indicators were health care quality, housing affordability, […]
(Phoenix, AZ) — Students at an Arizona charter school will be taught by artificial intelligence, and the same technology could soon come to classrooms in Utah. The school is fully online with students receiving teaching from A.I. for two hours every day. Unbound operates a private school in Texas using […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state audit reveals Utah students aren’t improving on their test scores. The report from the Legislative Auditor General states that proficiency levels remain stagnant as schools try to move students from the “not proficient” category to the “proficient” category on state tests. The report […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is banning its 14th book from the state’s public schools. “Living Dead Girl” by Elizabeth Scott was banned outright after three school districts removed it from their shelves. The book, aimed at young adults, follows the story of a girl kidnapped and forced to […]
(Undated) — A new state law requires armed guards in every public school in Utah. However, the Salt Lake Tribune reported without enough funds or personnel, schools are struggling to meet the mandate. The School Security Task Force determined last week that the initial allocation of about 100-million-dollars, isn’t enough. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — K-through-12 enrollment in Utah is seeing its biggest enrollment drop in a decade. There are over 48-hundred fewer kids going to public schools this fall than there were at the start of the school year in 2023. The number accounts for traditional and charter students. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A proposed constitutional amendment to remove the provision that income tax revenue be used for public education is officially voided from Utah’s November General Election ballot. A district court judge says lawmakers failed to publish the amendment text in newspapers for two months prior to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah System of Higher Education will now allow every high school student admission to at least one of the 16 public colleges in the state, regardless of their GPA. “Admit Utah” is the state’s first simplified and guaranteed admissions initiative. It is expected to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox has redirected one-point-two-million dollars to the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief program. The money will go toward reimbursement of school lunch debt for low-income families. Cox says investing in the health and education of students across Utah is vital to the success of […]
