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State board says student‑information hub is ready to link, RFPs and grants moving forward
Summary
Superintendent Molly Hart told the task force UCIMS is ready for API connections, an early‑warning RFP is under protest, HB 508 advisory work continues, and the School Safety Center reported a $48.7 million FY25 grant portfolio, a national SRO award and interest in averted‑violence data tools.
Utah Superintendent of Public Instruction Molly Hart told the School Safety Task Force that the state’s student information hub (UCIMS) is “ready to communicate” with local student information systems and that the state is working to make statewide safety and early‑warning tools interoperable.
Hart said the RFP for an early‑warning system is currently under a protest challenge that she expected to be resolved within 14 days, and she described the UCIMS hub as prepared to accept API connections from district systems once technical and policy choices are made.
"What's most important to us is that we get clear, accurate, and transparent data that we can provide to you and our stakeholders," Hart said, summarizing the state board’s priorities and the goals of recently passed legislation (identified in testimony as HB 508).
Hart and task force members emphasized two tradeoffs: preserving local control and achieving interoperable, standardized data. Hart said an advisory committee…
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