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USA Today/Spectrum (St. George)

Districts get option to cut 5 school days>>

Standard-Examiner (Ogden)

Districts get option to cut 5 school days>>

Salt Lake Tribune

Health curriculum could include Internet, cell-phone safety>>

KUTV 2

Districts Get Option To Cut 5 School Days>>

KSL

Board gives OK to cut school days>>

KCSG

School District Will Not Cut School Days to Save Money>>

FOX 13

Utah education board gives districts option to cut up to 5 school days to save money>>

Deseret News

Schools can cut 5 days, board says>>

State health curriculum to get updates>>

ABC 4

Utah school districts get option to cut school days>>

Fri, Mar 13
  - House passes education budget with amendments>>
  - Special-needs scholarship sails through Senate>>
  - House squashes PTA bill>>
  - Budget capsule: Public education>>
  - Session is a roller-coaster for public-education issues>>
  - 'Smooth' session ends>>
  - Senate takes cap off charter school growth>>
  - Lawmakers pass $2.4 billion education budget>>
  - Lawmakers pass performance pay bill>>
  - Lawmakers use scalpel, not ax, on education budget>>
  - House kills school-access bill>>

Thu, Mar 12
  - Senate takes cap off charter school growth>>
  - Senate amends education funding bill to help charter schools>>

 - `Expert' teacher bill fails in House>>  

Wed, Mar 11
  - Hard choices await education: Charter schools facing new limits>>
  - Parents clash over school access bill>>
  - Home school win>>
  - Senate approves charter board bill>>
  - Utah House passes $2.4B budget, but freezes charter schools>>

Tue, Mar 10
  - School funding formula plan shot down in Senate>>
  - Parents clash over school access bill>>
  - House passes education funding bill>>

Sun, Mar 8
  - Lawmakers likely to fund new scholarship program>>

Sat, Mar 7
  - Bill thins concurrent enrollment choices>>
 
Fri, Mar 6
  - Bill loses support of PTA>>
  - PTA switches sides, opposes equal-access bill>>
  - Home schoolers activity bill given second chance>> 

Thu, Mar 5
  - Education funding: Cuts still loom, but stimulus funds helping>>
  - Senate flunks home-school bill>>

Wed, Mar 4
  - Senate committees passes education bills>>
  - Lawmakers to study school-district divisions>>

  - Teacher salaries, other info could be posted online>>
 

Mon, Mar 2
 - School financial equity bill defeated>>
 - School equalization bill defeated on House floor>>


Sat, Feb 28
  - Union leader subsidies survive>>
  - Bill would educate parents about Carson Smith scholarship>>

Fri, Feb 27
  - Teacher bonus bill passes House>>
  - School funding bill held in House>>
  - School equalization bill stalls in House>>
  - Senate passes PTA bill>> 

Thu, Feb 26
  - PTA backs changes to school access bill>>
  - Teacher performance pay bill passes House, moves to Senate>>
  - Grants OK'd for teaching math Singapore way>>
  - Teacher bonus bill passes House>>

Wed, Feb 25
  - Home-school bill gets preliminary OK>>
  - Parent-teacher compromise discussed>>
  - School tax equalization bill dies>>
  - PTA, PTO groups will not be required to waive dues>>
  - Singapore math bill moves forward>>

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