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Committee recommends parental monitoring and whitelisting options for school-issued devices

Utah Senate Education Committee · January 21, 2026
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Summary

SB 88 would require LEAs to provide parents access to monitoring tools showing how school-issued devices are used and allow parents to request whitelist filtering; the committee advanced the bill 3–1 amid questions about LEA costs and enforcement.

A Senate education committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 88, a modest school-technology measure that would require local education agencies to provide parents access to device-monitoring tools and allow parents to request whitelisting of approved websites.

Sponsor said the bill is about transparency: parents should be able to see how much screen time their child has…

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