Education
Eliza Pace, KSL TV
Title IX complaint over BYU policy dismissed
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) dismissed a Title IX complaint filed by a student over LGBTQ policies.3 months ago
Mike Anderson, KSL TV
Utah’s only master’s program for American Sign Language eliminated
Utah's only Master's program for teaching American Sign Language is now gone and people in the deaf community are scrambling for a solution.3 months ago
Larry D. Curtis, KSL TV
Woman killed in crash with school bus on Mountain View Corridor
A 62-year-old woman was killed in a collision with a school bus Wednesday on the Mountain View Corridor. Jordan School District said there were no children on the bus.3 months ago
CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press
With COVID staffing crunch nationally, who’s going to teach the kids?
With teacher absences mounting and substitutes in short supply, parents may be wondering: Who’s teaching the kids? The answer around the U.S. could be a local police officer, National Guard soldier, state budget analyst, parent or recent high school graduate — nearly anyone willing to help keep schools’ doors open through the omicron-driven staffing crunch. […]4 months ago
Dirk Facer, KSL TV
Biden names Utah Law alumnae as US attorney nominees
President Joe Biden has nominated two alumnae of the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law to serve as U.S attorneys.4 months ago
STEFANIE DAZIO, COLLEEN SLEVIN & JOHN ANTCZAK, Associated Press
Police: Man in custody in Colo. over alleged threats to UCLA
A man who allegedly threatened the University of California, Los Angeles, and detailed potential violence against the prominent university over hundreds of pages has been taken into custody in Colorado following a standoff Tuesday.4 months ago
Dirk Facer
Forces for Good Award winners announced by Utah PTA
The Utah PTA has announced recipients of its first "Forces for Good Awards."4 months ago
Eliza Pace & Ladd Egan, KSL TV
Gov. Cox allows state employees time off to substitute teach in local schools
Gov. Spencer Cox issued an executive order Monday allowing state employees to take approved leave from work to substitute teach or fill other needed positions in Utah schools.4 months ago
Josh Ellis and Ladd Egan, KSL TV
Controversial Utah curriculum bill to be held
The sponsor of a bill that received backlash from the state's largest teachers union has asked that the proposed legislation be held.4 months ago
Ladd Egan, KSL TV
UEA voices opposition to education bills requiring curriculum to be posted online
The state’s largest teachers’ union is voicing opposition to two education bills that would require curriculum to be posted online for parents to review.4 months ago
Associated Press
School district bans Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust graphic novel ‘Maus’
A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to "inappropriate language" and an illustration of a nude mouse-woman, according to minutes from a board meeting.4 months ago
Tamara Vaifanua, KSL TV
Board of Education committee addresses transgender, gender identity guidelines
The Utah State Board of Education is one step closer to finalizing guidelines Utah schools can follow when it comes to gender identity issues.4 months ago
Josh Ellis, KSL TV
Cache County schools adjust schedules due to student, staff absenteeism
The Cache County School District has announced adjusted schedules for all of its schools due to "unprecedented student and staff absenteeism."4 months ago
Alex Cabrero, KSL TV
Canyons School District offers new mental health screenings for students
Mental health continues to be a big issue for students during the pandemic. Part of the problem is identifying students who might have some challenges with mental health, even if the student doesn't know it themselves. That's why the Canyons School District will hold another screening for students.4 months ago
Eliza Pace, KSL TV
Former BYU professor heads to court Feb. 14 for 7 counts of sexual abuse
Michael James Clay, a former BYU professor will go to court on this Feb. 14 to face seven charges of sexual abuse from 2020.4 months ago
Tamara Vaifanua, KSL TV
Utah House votes to suspend Test to Stay program
Lawmakers in the Utah House of Representatives have approved a bill that would suspend the state's Test to Stay program and clarify how schools would request to go remote.4 months ago
Lauren Steinbrecher, KSL TV
Some parents, teachers ‘frustrated’ SLC schools can no longer require masks
As students and educators in Salt Lake City head back to in-person school Monday, they'll do so without the mask requirement the district's had in place throughout the pandemic.4 months ago
DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press
Youth’s overdose death renews pleas for Narcan in schools
The death of a 13-year-old student who apparently overdosed on fentanyl at his Connecticut school has drawn renewed pleas for schools to stock the opioid antidote naloxone, as well as for training of both staffers and children on how to recognize and respond to overdoses.4 months ago
Mike Anderson and Larry D. Curtis, KSL TV
Aggie Ice Cream to celebrate 100 years as part of USU
The lines, for much of Friday, were out the door as Aggie Ice Cream celebrated 100 years of scooping up frozen treats with $1 cones.4 months ago
DIRK FACER KSL TV
Weber State creates new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion division
Reorganization announced to met current needs..4 months ago
Larry D. Curtis, KSL TV
Man arrested for alleged rape in Dixie State University dorm room
Police at Dixie State University arrested a man for rape after a woman said she woke up to find him sexually assaulting her.4 months ago
Larry D. Curtis, KSL TV
Canyons School District adds emergency remote-learning day Tuesday
Because of student absences, staff shortages and spreading COVID-19 cases, Canyons School District has planned an emergency remote-learning day next week.4 months ago
Ladd Egan, KSL TV
Parents, schools react to simplified student mask exemption process
Tuesday marked the second day that students in Salt Lake County were back in the classroom under a new mask order that includes a simplified process for a mask exemption.4 months ago
