Utah legislators concerned about students falling behind during the pandemic are directing that $274 million in federal relief be used exclusively on helping those students catch up.

Legislative leaders once again use budget hammer to mandate school priorities.
(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) This Sept. 18, 2020, file photo shows Meadowlark Elementary School teacher John Arthur, Utah's teacher of the year, interacting with his 6th grade students on Zoom, in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers are concerned about students falling behind because of pandemic-forced remote learning and are mandating that $274 million in federal COVID aid be used exclusively to help these struggling students.
  | Jan. 29, 2021, 1:14 p.m.
Utah lawmakers are so determined that federal coronavirus relief funding for Utah’s schools goes toward helping students who have fallen behind due to remote learning that they’re mandating that local districts can’t spend those funds on anything else.

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