HB81: Mental Health Days for Students
(S. Eliason)
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Adds mental or behavioral health as a valid excuse for a school absence.
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K
Passed the House 60-5
and the Senate 29-0
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HB86: Social Security Tax Amendments
(W. Brooks)
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Enacts a tax credit for Social Security benefits included in federal adjusted gross income.
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K
Passed the House 72-0
and the Senate 27-0
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HB105: Students with Disabilities Amendments
(M. Judkins)
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Amends a formula related to add-on weighted pupil units for students with disabilities.
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L
Passed the House 68-0
but no final Senate vote
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HB116: Student Attendance Amendments
(A. Robertson)
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Prohibits requiring documentation from a medical professional for an absence due to mental or physical illness.
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K
Passed the House 48-22
and the Senate 27-2
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HB177: Health Education Amendments
(C. Moss)
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Requires USBE to establish curriculum requirements that include instruction on consent and what does not constitute consent.
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L
Passed a committee but failed in the House 31-39
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HB182: Educator Hearings Amendments
(C. Hall)
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Clarifies existing statute to identify the appropriate court for an educator who appeals a termination. UEA brought this to the legislature.
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J
Passed the House 71-0
and the Senate 23-0
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HB197: Voter Affiliation Amendments
(J. Teuscher)
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Makes it more cumbersome for voters to change their party affiliation in even-numbered years.
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L
Passed the House 41-30
and the Senate 22-3
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HB258: Firearm Safety in Schools
(R. Shipp)
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Creates an optional pilot program for schools to teach firearm safety as an elective course in grades 9-12.
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K
Passed the House 47-21
but not heard in the Senate
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HB302: Preserving Sports for Female Students
(K. Birkeland)
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Requires schools to designate athletic activities as “boys”, “girls” or “coed” and prohibits male students at birth from participating in girls’ sports.
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J
Passed the House 50-23 but held in the Senate
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HB308: Covid-19 Vaccine Amendments
(R. Spendlove)
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Prohibits a governmental entity from requiring that an individual receive a vaccine for COVID-19.
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K
Passed the House 66-2
and the Senate 26-0
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HB323: High Poverty Schools Teacher Bonus Program Amendments (M. Winder)
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Allows 2018-19 test scores to be used for calculating 2020-21 bonuses. Opposed by UEA because it continues to tie pay to test scores.
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L
Passed the House 52-12
and the Senate 25-0
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HB338: School District Voter Eligibility Amendments
(J. Briscoe)
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Lets local school boards vote to allow students who are 16 and 17 years old to vote in local school board elections.
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L
Passed a committee but failed in the House 22-50
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HB340: MOST Program
(S. Eliason)
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Reinstates the Math and Science Opportunities for Students and Teachers (MOST) Program.
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L
Passed the House 64-10
but not heard in the Senate
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HB345: School Resource Officers Amendments
(S. Hollins)
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Requires enhanced training for school resource officers to help stop the school to prison pipeline.
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J
Passed the House 61-12
and the Senate 20-6
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HB381: Grow Your Own Teacher and School Counselor Pipeline
(J. Moss)
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Creates a scholarship for paraprofessionals and school counselor interns to become licensed teachers or licensed school counselors.
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J
Passed the House 72-1
and the Senate 27-0
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HB417: Charter School Authorization Amendments
(A. Robertson)
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Allows a school district to authorize a charter school outside its boundaries.
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J
Failed in a House committee
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HB421: Intensive Services Pilot Program
(M. Judkins)
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Reinstates in code the Special Education Intensive Services Fund and establishes the formula for its distribution.
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J
Passed the House 67-0
and the Senate 27-0
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HB425: Education Monitoring and Funds Management Amendments (L. Snow)
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Creates consistent standards for USBE to monitor school district and charter school expenditures.
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J
Passed the House 74-0
and the Senate 28-0
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HB428: Public Education Governance and Appeals
(S. Waldrip)
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Creates a process for parents to appeal a complaint against the local school board to an appointed panel.
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J
Passed a committee but not heard in the House
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HCR3: Resolution Regarding Native American Mascots in Public Schools
(E. Weight)
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Recognizes “the harm done by using Native American mascots” and encourages schools to consider retiring those mascots.
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L
Passed a committee but failed in the House 27-45
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HCR15: Resolution Emphasizing the Importance of Civics Education (L. Snow)
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Recognizes the critical role of an engaged and informed citizenry and the importance of civics education.
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J
Passed the House 66-0
and the Senate 28-0
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HCR22: Celebrating Multilingual and Multicultural Families
(D. Johnson)
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Celebrates the contributions of multilingual and multicultural families to Utah schools and encourages schools to engage these families.
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J
Passed the House 71-0
and the Senate 27-0
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HJR13: Resolution Declaring Racism a Moral and Public Health Crisis (S. Hollins)
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Affirms differences in access to opportunities and resources according to race persist and declares racism to be a moral and public health crisis.
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L
Passed a committee but not heard in the House
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SB91: School Accountability Amendments
(L. Fillmore)
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Eliminates the use of grades for school accountability.
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L
Not heard
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SB142: Public Education Funding Amendments
(L. Fillmore)
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Implements several recommendations from a recent comprehensive funding study.
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J
Passed the Senate 28-0
and the House 69-0
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SB153: Utah Personal Exemption Amendments
(L. Fillmore)
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Increases the value of the Utah personal exemption, taking $55 million from the Education Fund.
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L
Passed the Senate 26-0
and the House 70-2
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SB154: Teacher Salary Supplement Program Amendments
(S. Sandall)
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Adds educators with a deaf education license to the TSSP.
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J
Passed the Senate 28-0
and the House 70-0
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SB175: Special Education Least Restrictive Requirement Amendments
(J. Anderegg)
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Creates certain allowances for state special education funding that are different from federal requirements.
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J
Passed a committee but held in the Senate
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SB184: School Assessment and Accountability Amendments
(K. Riebe)
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Removes accountability requirements based on statewide tests for the 2020-21 because standardized tests were not given in spring 2020.
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J
Passed the Senate 22-0
and the House 70-1
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SB187: Local Education Agency Policies Amendments
(R. Winterton)
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Originally eliminated enforcement of masks, changed to require health departments to “consult” with school districts on health orders.
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L
Passed the Senate 16-11
and the House 44-26
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SB205: Election Process Amendments
(D. McKay)
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Would essentially dismantle the Count My Vote/SB54 compromise from 2014
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J
Passed a committee but held in the Senate
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SB206: Tax Rate Amendments
(L. Fillmore)
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Cuts the state income tax rate by 0.20%, resulting in a loss of more than $250 million from the Education Fund.
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J
Passed a committee but held in the Senate
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SB226: Online Education Program Revisions
(J. Johnson)
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Allows a certified online course provider to offer courses directly through the Statewide Online Education Program.
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L
Passed the Senate 20-6
and the House 53-16
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SB229: Healthy Lifestyles Amendments
(K. Riebe)
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Repeals a provision prohibiting encouragement of contraceptive methods and expands definitions of refusal skills and sexual advances.
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L
Failed in a Senate committee
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SB234: Statewide Online Education Program Amendments
(K. Cullimore)
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Expands online education classes to include grades 7 and 8.
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L
Passed the Senate 25-1
and the House 54-14
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SB242: Alternative Education Tax Credit Amendments
(J. Johnson)
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Enacts a tax credit (voucher) for expenses resulting from disenrollment in public education and enrollment in private or home school.
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J
Failed in the Senate 12-14
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SCR1: Concurrent Resolution on Holocaust Education
(E. Vickers)
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Highlights the importance of Holocaust and genocide education and encourages USBE to emphasize this course of study.
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J
Passed the Senate 27-0
and the House 70-0
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