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House passes bill suspending automatic Test-to-Stay trigger, gives state leaders authority to reinstate program
Summary
The House passed House Bill 183 on Jan. 19, 2022, removing the automatic requirement that schools implement Test to Stay when a statutory threshold is met and allowing the governor, legislative leaders and the state superintendent to jointly reinstate it; the bill passed 57–17.
The Utah House passed House Bill 183 on Jan. 19, changing how schools may resume remote instruction and how the Test to Stay program is implemented during public-health emergencies. Representative Andrew Tusher, sponsor of the bill, told colleagues the measure “removes the requirement that a school implement Test to Stay when they have hit the threshold” and instead allows the program to be reinstated only if the governor, the speaker of the House, the senate president and the state superintendent jointly determine it is effective.
Supporters said the change responds to operational problems that surfaced during the Omicron surge. “During the last year in the…
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