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Board removes 'social-emotional learning' from statewide definitions and adjusts threat-assessment language
Summary
The board voted to strike the definition of 'social emotional learning' from R277-100 and amended threat-assessment language to prioritize protecting potential victims and addressing threatening behavior.
The Utah State Board of Education approved amendments to R277-100 (definitions) that removed the definition for “social emotional learning” and revised threat-assessment language to emphasize protecting potential victims and addressing threatening behavior.
Member Earl moved to strike the definition of social and emotional learning from R277-100. The motion passed, as recorded in the meeting, with 10 in favor and 4 opposed. Later in the discussion the board considered text beginning at line 192 related to student threat assessment. Chair Carey described the intent to distinguish obligations owed to potential victims from those aimed at assessing behavior by an alleged perpetrator; Member Carey asked whether “potential” was the correct term for victims because the rule concerns threat assessment rather than completed acts. The maker of the motion explained that “potential victims” was selected because the provision applies in a threat-assessment context.
The board adopted the amended language at lines 192 onward to read: (C) "developing intervention plans that prioritize protecting potential victims and address threatening behavior" and (D) "address underlying behavior contributing to the risk." The amendment passed unanimously in the recorded excerpt.
Ending: R277-100 will be published as amended with the deletion of the SEL definition and the revised threat-assessment provisions; staff will incorporate changes for final publication.
