Legislative Bills

SB0074S01 | Digital Wellness, Citizenship, and Safe Technology Commission Amendments

Description

General Description:

This bill amends provisions related to the Digital Wellness, Citizenship, and Safe Technology Commission.

Highlighted Provisions:

This bill extends the sunset date for the Digital Wellness, Citizenship, and Safe Technology Commission from July 1, 2023 to July 1, 2025

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SB0074S01

Year:

2023

Status:

Senate/ filed

Last Action:

Mar 03, 2023

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Impact on Children:

The Digital Wellness, Citizenship, and Safe Technology Commission was formed on March 20, 2020 with the signature of Governor Gary Herbert and became effective May 12, 2020. It was not funded until over a year later. The Commission started working on their goal to advance the training of every student in healthy behaviors related to technology use in 2022. It would be short-sighted to end this Commission when their work is just beginning and thus the request to extend the sunset date.

Commission:

Safety

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

Utah PTA Legislative Policy:

To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities:

SAFETY. Support funding to strengthen school safety measures including upgrading school buildings to be safe and secure, safety training and educating families and communities on school safety policies, children’s online safety, and evaluating digital threats to schools in Utah.

National PTA and Utah PTA Position Statements:

Media Safety: Resolved, That Utah PTA and its constituent associations support increased awareness of the impact of advertising, television, video games, apps with content available to devices, music and movie violence to the children of Utah and encourage the development of programs to assist families and children in developing critical skills in Digital Wellness, Digital Citizenship, and Media Literacy;

Any mental health intervention, prevention programs or services must include a strong family engagement component—including collaborative relationships with the family, school and community partners (physicians, early learning providers and caregivers and other related health providers)—as well as transparent and open communication and coordination between provider, school, parents and families.

National PTA Public Policy Agenda

✓ Support every student’s mental health and provide and connect students with necessary behavioral and mental health resources at school and in their community

SB0075 | Educator Salary Adjustment Eligibility

Description

General Description:

This bill adds school nurses to the list of employees who are eligible to receive the educator salary adjustment.

Highlighted Provisions:

Raising the available dollars to pay school nurses will have a positive effect on recruiting qualified nurses in our schools.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SB0075

Year:

2026

Status:

Senate/ filed

Last Action:

Mar 06, 2026

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

HEA 2018-1 | School Nurses

Impact on Children:

Raising the available dollars to pay school nurses will have a positive effect on recruiting qualified nurses in our schools.

Commission:

Education

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations support legislative efforts to increase funding for school nurses in Utah;

SB0077S01 | Education Scholarship Amendments

Description

General Description:

This bill amends provisions related to scholarships for elementary and secondary education.

Highlighted Provisions:

This bill addresses the Special Opportunity Needs Scholarship's (known) issues.
1. It reduces the time to provide an audit from 180 to 120 days of the state fiscal year.
2. A private school is not eligible to enroll scholarship students if charges a scholarship student more in tuition or fees than another student based solely upon the scholarship student being a scholarship recipient under this part.
3. It also extend procurement deadline as needed "For the year 2023, if the state board determines that it is not feasible to successfully meet a procurement and contracting deadline in this part, the state board may extend the deadline by no more than 90 days."
4. the state auditor shall conduct regular audits of the SNOS, Carson, and the Utah Fit All scholarships

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SB0077S01

Year:

2023

Status:

Governor Signed

Last Action:

Mar 17, 2023

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support w/ Comment

Utah PTA welcomes any effort to keep granting organizations entrusted with taxpayers' money to higher levels of scrutiny and transparency.

Utah PTA Resolution:

EDU 2023-1 | Education Funding

Impact on Children:

Utah PTA is concerned with the lack of transparency and accountability surrounding the various scholarship programs. Poor, inadequate, substandard use of funds are detrimental to Utah children.

Commission:

Special Needs Specialist

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations will always oppose funding methods that divert funds away from public education system if the accountability methods are not equal to or greater than those of public education system

SB0079 | School Information Management System Amendments

Description

General Description:

This bill amends certain deadlines for the operation of a school information management system.

Highlighted Provisions:

"13 This bill:
14 ▸ amends certain deadlines for the operation of a school information management (from Jul 1st 2023 to 2024)
15 system."

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SB0079

Year:

2022

Status:

Governor Signed

Last Action:

Mar 23, 2022

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Impact on Children:

This bill will continue to bring standardization and interoperability between the disparate information systems across LEAs & at the State Board of Education, as it will eliminate double entry and result in faster and higher quality on mandatory reporting which will produce timely results for more targeted and timely intervention.

Commission:

Education

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

1. "That Utah PTA recognizes the State Board of Education as the body elected to establish policy and standards for education in the State of Utah
2. That Utah PTA work closely with the State Board of Education in designing and implementing policies and educational standards that benefit the children of the State of
Utah"

SB0081S03 | Dyslexia Testing Amendments

Description

General Description:

This bill addresses dyslexia assessment and diagnosis.

Highlighted Provisions:

Expands who is considered qualified to administer a Dyslexia assessment.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SB0081S03

Year:

2026

Status:

Senate/ to Governor

Last Action:

Mar 11, 2026

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

EDU 2025-1 | Support for Students with Dyslexia and Other Specific Learning Disabilities

Impact on Children:

This will make it easier for families to have their children evaluated for dyslexia. Currently there are long wait times to get into a qualified evaluator. Expanding who can give assessments should help students be seen more quickly.

Commission:

Special Needs Specialist

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

RESOLVED, that Utah PTA, and its constituent associations support teacher and staff training necessary to improve the understanding of dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities and their warning signs, including training in the implementation of best practices based on the Science of Reading and to promote knowledge of appropriate accommodations for students with dyslexia and those that struggle with reading.

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