Education
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H.B. 193 - Full-Day Kindergarten Provides for a limited expansion of optional full-day kindergarten.
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H.B. 274 - Health Education Amendments Requires the Utah State Board of Education to establish curriculum requirements that include instruction in sexual assault resource strategies and sexual violence behavior prevention.
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H.B. 331 - Hope Scholarship Program Creates the “Hope Scholarship Program,” a voucher system for students to attend private schools or pay for homeschooling expenses with state funding.
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H.B. 428 - School Safety Amendments Requires school districts to review information on and adopt plans for harassment- and discrimination-free learning; requires the Utah State Board of Education to provide training on antidiscrimination statutes; and requires USBE and school districts to report data on the demographics of victims of bullying, hazing, cyber-bullying, and retaliation.
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S.B. 244 - Ethnic Studies Amendments Creates the Ethnic Studies Commission to study the contributions of Utahns of diverse ethnicities and recommend to the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) how to incorporate ethnic studies into core standards of Utah public schools; requires USBE to incorporate ethnic studies core standards; and requires school districts to adopt ethnic studies instructional materials and curriculum into regular school work for all K-12 students.
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H.B. 328 - Adult Learners Grant Program Creates a program to provide financial assistance to students who are at least 26 years old, financially needy, and enrolled in an online program in a needed field.
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H.B. 222 - Smart Start Utah Breakfast Program Creates the Start Smart Utah Program to expand access to school breakfast in public schools.
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H.B. 332 - Special Needs Scholarship Amendments Creates a voucher-like program for Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship recipients to use towards private school tuition.
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H.B. 88 - School Water Testing Requirements Mandates testing drinking water for lead in all schools every five years with reporting and required improvements if lead is found.
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H.B. 99 - Enhanced Kindergarten Amendments Provides funding for enhanced kindergarten early intervention programs.
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H.B. 346 - Higher Education Responses to Allegations Creates honor code immunity for reporting sexual violence and requires victim consent for campus coordination with outside law enforcement. Makes retaliatory violence or threats to a victim or witness a third-degree felony.
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H.B. 71 - Health Education Amendments Clarifies that teachers are allowed to discuss contraceptives in a sex education curriculum.
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S.B. 134 - Campus Safety Amendments Requires colleges to have a campus safety plan and curriculum addressing sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
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