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Senate passes SB 76 to set state minimum standards for interdistrict extracurricular activities after debate over rural impacts
Summary
SB 76, authored by Senator Howard Stevenson, requires the State Board of Education to set minimum standards affecting interdistrict extracurricular activities; the Senate passed the bill after floor debate about whether the measure would unduly centralize control and affect small rural schools.
The Utah State Senate voted to pass SB 76, a bill directing the State Board of Education to establish minimum standards for interdistrict extracurricular activities. Senator Howard Stevenson, the sponsor, said the bill simply creates broad parameters for how interdistrict activities are scheduled and administered and does not seek to micromanage local districts or cut extracurricular programs.
"This does not empower the state school board to micromanage the activities of school districts throughout the state," Senator Howard Stevenson said on the floor, adding that the board…
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