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Committee advances resolution for school health, restores SLP supply funding and moves higher-ed credit-transfer bill

Utah Legislature Public Education Committee · February 24, 2026
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Summary

The committee passed HCR 11 urging activity and nutrition in schools, approved HB 150 to restore classroom-supply eligibility for speech-language pathologists, and advanced HB 353 on higher-education credit transfers; all passed with favorable recommendations.

The Public Education Committee moved three additional items forward in a single session: a resolution urging health activities in schools, a funding fix for school-based speech-language pathologists, and higher-education credit-transfer amendments.

Representative Hall presented HCR 11, a nonbinding resolution signaling support for exercise, fitness and nutrition in schools and aligning with the state's rural health transformation application. Hall said Utah was awarded $195,000,000 in rural health…

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