Support the Hope Scholarship bill
As a sixth-grade teacher in a low-income school, I did what I could in the system to support parents, but the system has limits. Sometimes, the best fit for students wasn’t a public school at all.
HB 331: Hope Scholarship Program
This bill creates a scholarship fund for parents to use for their children's unique educational needs.
School Attendance Reforms Put Parents Back in the Driver’s Seat
These bills not only help protect parental rights (as dictated in Utah’s Constitution), but they also provide important support to Utah’s children. Routines and normalcy have been disrupted and it would be wise to give families...
COVID has changed education forever. Let’s embrace the new direction.
There are a few solutions schools should pursue in aiming to be more flexible.
SB 234: Expanding Course Choice to Middle Schools
This bill expands the existing Statewide Online Education Program to the 7th and 8th grades.
Utah parents, it may be time to consider home schooling
Despite the challenges of homeschooling, nearly every family who uses this alternative (or, one might say, traditional) education format will sing its praises.