Salt Lake City is going to start classes an hour later so high schoolers can sleep in
The district’s new schedule will start in the fall.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jane Erickson hangs a welcome back banner with help from Lavell and Olivia Manavahe as students return to Highland High School in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Starting next fall, the start time for the high school will be pushed back an hour to let students sleep in longer.
| April 8, 2021, 11:07 p.m.
Salt Lake City high schoolers can plan on hitting “snooze” a few extra times in the morning starting this fall.
The Utah House of Representatives voted down a proposal Tuesday that would have created a pilot project allowing 16 and 17-year-old students to vote in their local school board elections.
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H.B. 338 would allow 16- and 17-year-old students to vote in local school board elections. It was developed by Arundhati Oommen, a junior at West Valley High School who serves as the student representative on the Salt Lake City School Board.
Oomen was frustrated that students like her don’t have a voice in local school board elections. Her bill, which Rep. Joel Briscoe is sponsoring, would allow school districts the option of letting students like like Oommen participate in board elections
Rep. Dan Johnson said he’s impressed with her civil engagement.
And she s not an activist. She s just a really bright, hard working kid that really enjoys civic engagement,” said Johnson.
SALT LAKE CITY The question of whether the government or even your boss should be able to order you to take the COVID-19 vaccine sparked debate on Utah s Capitol Hill as the Legislature nears the end of its 2021 session.
With one week to go, lawmakers have passed almost 200 bills and resolutions out of more than 700 filed. Of those, three involving nearly $100 million in targeted tax cuts focusing on families and retirees are advancing after legislative leaders detailed plans to help return to Utahns some of the surplus money the state is seeing.
One controversial bill that apparently will not advance would ban transgender athletes from competing in girls sports in Utah s public schools. A Senate committee held the bill in a meeting late Wednesday.
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SALT LAKE CITY The question of whether the government or even your boss should be able to order you to take the COVID-19 vaccine sparked debate on Utah’s Capitol Hill as the Legislature nears the end of its 2021 session.
With one week to go, lawmakers have passed almost 200 bills and resolutions out of more than 700 filed. Of those, three involving nearly $100 million in targeted tax cuts focusing on families and retirees are advancing after legislative leaders detailed plans to help return to Utahns some of the surplus money the state is seeing.