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State board recognizes school safety needs assessments completed across Utah schools
Summary
The Utah State Board of Education’s Standards and Assessment Committee on Feb. 6 recognized the School Safety Center and LEA staff for completing the statewide school safety needs assessments required by 2024 legislation.
The Utah State Board of Education’s Standards and Assessment Committee on Feb. 6 recognized the School Safety Center and local education agency staff for completing the statewide school safety needs assessments required by the 2024 legislative session.
Leah Voorhees, interim deputy superintendent of achievement for the Utah State Board of Education, said the assessments responded to House Bill 84 (2024), which requires each local education agency (LEA) to conduct a school safety needs assessment for every school in the LEA and to report results to the state security chief and the School Safety Center by Dec. 30 of the prior calendar year. “This was a huge undertaking,” Voorhees said, noting the state has about 1,100 schools in scope.
The nut of the recognition: the School Safety Center built a data-tracking tool, provided technical support (webinars, written instructions, individualized help) and worked with local leaders to contact schools that had not…
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