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Committee backs middle‑school digital-skills course and advisory tech council
Utah Senate Education Committee · February 25, 2026
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Summary
The Senate Education Committee unanimously recommended the first substitute of HB 218, directing the State Board to establish digital-skills standards for seventh/eighth grade and create an advisory tech council to guide K–12 tech education.
Representative Tuscher presented HB 218 as a consensus bill developed with the State Board, teachers and the governor's office to modernize a middle-school digital-skills course and to build an advisory tech council.
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