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House committee backs definition of 'social health' and moves social‑health bill forward after debate
Summary
HB 3.17 (first substitute as amended) narrowly defines 'social health' and ties it to existing health curriculum; committee recommended the substitute 8–4 after testimony from school leaders who credited social‑health instruction with reducing suicides and improving student wellbeing.
Representative Ivory presented HB 3.17 and its first substitute, which provides a statutory definition of 'social health' and ties that definition to existing health‑curriculum instruction. Ivory said the goal is to clarify the term so that existing programs cannot be misapplied. "This bill simply locks it down to a definition that's observable and objective," he said.
Educators and administrators from Herriman High School described a period of multiple student…
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