Carmen Nesbitt

Utah education officials reacted quickly to President Donald Trump’s executive order to begin dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, though "the full implications remain unclear."

After lawmakers approved several changes to Utah's school voucher program, state officials are now seeking a potentially new Utah Fits All program manager, ending their contract with the program's current manager, ACE Scholarships.

After lawmakers approved several changes to Utah's school voucher program, state officials are now seeking a potentially new Utah Fits All program manager, ending their contract with the program's current manager, ACE Scholarships.

In an opinion piece published in the Washington Examiner, a conservative news outlet based in Washington, D.C., Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said he supports President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the Department of Education.

One of Utah’s biggest bills this session, HB267, involved banning public unions from collectively bargaining. That came to pass, its House sponsor said, after lawmakers realized unions in the state were “willing to stab them in the back.”

Utah education leaders are asking Gox. Spencer Cox to veto a bill that diverts Utahns’ property taxes away from local public schools and instead drops them into the state’s general fund.

Another book has been added to Utah’s growing list of titles banned from all public schools in the state. The list now includes 17 titles — 15 of them written by women.

Utah’s school voucher program is set for a major overhaul, with a proposed $40 million funding boost, stricter spending rules planned and a potential change that would award homeschooled students less money than those attending private schools.

After Utah banned collective bargaining for teachers and other public workers, Gov. Spencer Cox on Friday announced that the state's top lawmakers are setting aside millions to support a permanent statewide teacher salary increase.

Utah's HB408 would let residents petition for a local referendum on any school board action — unless it was passed with a supermajority vote. One lawmaker worried that it would open up "every school board decision to becoming a political decision.”