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Senate advances bill to create Center for Civic Excellence at Utah State University after extended debate
Summary
Senator Mike Johnson’s Senate Bill 3-34, which would establish a Center for Civic Excellence and a core curriculum module at Utah State University focused on the Western intellectual tradition and American institutions, advanced after several senators debated scope, funding and academic independence.
The Utah Senate advanced Senate Bill 3‑34, a bill to establish a “Center for Civic Excellence” at Utah State University (USU) and to create a coordinated general‑education core focused on foundational Western and American texts and civic principles.
Sponsor Senator Mike Johnson described the center as “an academic hub for studying America’s founding principles and the intellectual traditions that shaped our republic,” listing authors and thinkers he said the program would study and arguing the curriculum would foster “engaged citizens who understand the moral and philosophical foundations of freedom.” He said the effort is intended as a pilot at USU and…
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