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Board rejects request to add opt-out language for LEA assessments to 2026 legislative package
Summary
A board motion to request staff seek a statutory change allowing students to opt out of LEA- or non-state assessments (including computer-adaptive tests) was defeated after debate over whether existing right-of-conscience and other code provisions already allow opt-outs.
The Utah State Board of Education declined to add a proposed new legislative request that would explicitly allow parents and local education agencies to opt students out of computer-adaptive or LEA-requested assessments that are not state- or federally-mandated.
Member Boggess and several other board members urged the board to forward a code-change request to the Legislature clarifying that parental opt-out rights apply to LEA-administered computer-adaptive tests. They argued anecdotal reports show…
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