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House OKs limited four-day school-week pilot after amendments
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 26 passed a bill allowing a geographically limited pilot of a four-day school week, with amendments requiring local approval and safeguards for instructional time and extracurricular scheduling; the measure passed the House 63–6 and now moves to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives passed a modified pilot program on Feb. 26 to allow a limited four-day school week in a geographically clustered area of the state.
Representative Thomas Hatch, sponsor of first substitute House Bill 341, said the bill would let the state Office of Education authorize a single pilot area to test whether a four-day schedule can deliver the same quality of instruction as a five-day week. "States may want to see schools in different cities and towns achieve the same level of academic success, but there are different roads to…
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