Education

New and veteran lawmakers need to know the different ways families educate at home and which policies advance traditional homeschooling versus subsidized scholarship models.

It’s National Charter School Week, creating the opportunity to evaluate how charter schools are serving students.

The 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is a unique and valuable opportunity for civics education.

Families are already demanding more choices, and that expectation will be very hard to quash, even amid challenges to specific education-choice structures.

Education choice programs will need ongoing support and improvement. False narratives should be corrected, but real issues should be resolved.

Trump’s new education budget seeks to reduce funding overall, eliminating and streamlining programs, similar to last year.

The passage of last year’s H.B. 381 and this year’s H.B. 312 and S.B. 268 adjust Utah’s civics and social studies requirements.

Lawmakers should be cautious about introducing a requirement for accrediting private schools in education choice programs.

Utah’s recently concluded legislative session sparked debate about the definition of “private schools” in state law.

Utah’s 2026 legislative session brought major education policy changes, from literacy reform to technology limits and updates to the Utah Fits All Scholarship program.