Utahns consistently rate education as a top priority, but the Beehive State has fallen behind in school. On a per-student basis, we spend less than any other state in the nation. The majority of our graduating seniors are not prepared for college, and we rank in the bottom ten percent for overall student achievement. Our classrooms are bloated; our teachers are underpaid. As of last year, state school board elections require candidates to declare party affiliation, which could result in more polarized elections, alienation of LGBT students, and danger for children of immigrants.
Our partner organization, the ABU Education Fund, has joined as a plaintiff in a lawsuit to challenge the partisan requirements to run for the state school board, but we’ve got a long road ahead of us. Learn more about how you can support our legal efforts and help Utah students make the grade.
Sheryl Allen: We deserve nonpartisan elections in education
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune The 2018 election year will be different, very different. We’ll be voting on many elected officials. All of them will …
Local educators file lawsuit challenging partisan school board law
Source: KJZZ A group of local educators will file a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a 2016 Senate bill that allows partisan elections for the Utah State …
Utah’s partisan school board elections are unconstitutional and exclusionary, advocates say. Now they’re suing
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune A group of education-focused Utahns on Tuesday asked a state judge to toss out the 2016 law that requires partisan …
RadioActive: June 27, 2017
Source: KRCL Hosted by Lara Jones and Noor Ul-Hasan, tonight’s RadioActive was packed full of grassroots activists and community builders working on healthcare, non-partisan elections …
Lawsuit says Utah school board election shouldn’t be partisan
Source: Deseret News and KSL.com Current, former and possibly future members of the State School Board, the Utah PTA and Utahns for Public Schools have …
June 2017 Interim Session – Education Update
Education Interim Committee Meeting – June 21, 2017 Recodification The meeting began with a proposal to recodify Title 53A, which governs the state’s public school …
2017 Interim Session – Education Update
Education Interim Committee The issues discussed by May’s interim Education Committee were largely technical in scope, but here are a few things that caught our …
UTAHNS TO PROTEST VISIT OF EDUCATION SECRETARY DEVOS
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 CONTACT: Chase Thomas | Alliance for a Better Utah | chase@betterutah.org – – – – …