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Utah State Board votes: rule changes, teacher-prep updates and funding directives
Summary
The Utah State Board of Education met March 26 and approved several administrative rules and documents, directed a discretionary‑funds audit of federal program costs, confirmed a deputy superintendent, and asked the governor to consider vetoes on two bills it judged potentially harmful to rulemaking and school funding.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) took a series of final votes at its March 26 meeting on administrative rules, teacher-preparation materials, and a set of board-directed funding actions. The board also approved personnel confirmations and a number of disciplinary recommendations from its hearing panels.
The meeting combined several committee reports, a legislative update and public comment, and ended with multiple formal votes. Highlights:
- Rules and incorporated documents: The board approved R277-304 (teacher preparation programs) as amended and adopted an incorporated-by-reference document titled Special Education Preparation: Foundational Competencies (R277-304 incorporated document, draft 1) after a package of targeted wording changes to standard 6 (behavioral supports). The vote to adopt the Teacher Preparation Programs rule (draft 2) as amended passed on second and final reading. The board also approved R277-407 changing the LEA fee schedule due date (see article: LEA fee schedule deadline moved) and confirmed continuation of R277-417 (prohibiting LEAs and third-party providers from offering incentives or disbursements for enrollment) on second and final reading. The board approved R277-714 (unsafe school choice option) on second and final reading.
- Teacher-prep/special education: The board amended language used in the special-education competencies to replace some terms and to add clarifying items about data, functional behavior assessment practice, and disproportionate representation. The updated incorporated-by-reference document and the teacher-prep rule were approved on…
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