District officials link the enrollment drop to fewer online students after the voucher rollout and to smaller kindergarten classes. High housing costs are also pushing young families out of the area.
The overall number of kids attending traditional and charter K12 schools in Utah has seen its biggest drop in a decade, new data shows. There are 4,873 fewer children attending public school this fall than there were at the start of the 2023-24 school year, amounting to an historic 0.7% drop.
Utah lawmakers set aside $72 million last year to help schools fund critical security upgrades, such as bulletproof window film, security cameras and emergency alert systems.
Two years after Utah lawmakers mandated that all public schools in the state provide students with free period products, students who use them are missing class less often and feeling more confident.
The Salt Lake City school boards January decision to close the schools came after the district first studied all 27 of its elementaries for potential closure. That study followed a 2022 report from state auditors, in which they criticized the district for keeping schools open with declining enrollment.
This fall, the Alpine School District will implement a new consolidated special education class structure, forcing about 150 special education students in grades K-6 to transfer to different schools.
The state charter school board and Salt Lake City School District have cited enrollment and financial concerns with the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts.
The survey results show higher rates of safety concerns among LGBTQ+ students. About 30% of respondents are also feeling unsafe in school parking lots.
The new clinic is available to all high schoolers within the Salt Lake City School District, as long as they have parental consentincluding middle schoolers at West Highs magnet program.
A proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall would allow the state to use income tax money originally for education to support other state needs.
The review of the religious titles took eight months in Davis School District, which previously took heat for banning the Bible before later reversing that decision.
Superintendent Elizabeth Grant said change is hardeven good change. But she added that change is necessary as districts across the state and country continue to lose students.
We are not in a race to outspend other states, officials said when asked if Utah plans to alter its reputation as a state with low public education spending. Student outcomes are what truly matter, and a focus only on funding does not tell the whole story.
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