Meeting History

Oct 1, 2026 · USBE YouTube live stream (captions)

• Leftover money: approved staff spending plans for carry-forward funds (money left over from last year), as amended. The board's recommendations go to the governor's budget office, and staff said the board can present them to the legislature's education budget committee on Oct 20.
• Math standards: worked through amendments to the draft state math standards. Passed 8-6 a change moving the competencies to the end of each grade level, and 9-5 adding the word "only" before "independently" on page seven.
• Legislative wish list: voted 10-4 to have staff pursue 13 of its own policy requests with the legislature, after an 11-3 vote against splitting them up. Also voted 9-5 to ask lawmakers to repeal state code 53G-9-205.2, which members said puts an opt-out paperwork burden only on districts over 5,500 students, and 11-3 to rename the "metadata dictionary" the "student data disclosure list" and state that students have a privacy interest in their data. A motion to ask lawmakers to drop state-required tests beyond what federal law requires failed 5-7; Amanda Bollinger, South Jordan's board member (District 9), voted yes.
• High school redesign: voted 11-2 to join the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) High School Transformation State Network and sign its memorandum of understanding.
• December meeting: motions to cancel the December meetings (2-11), move them to Nov 30 and Dec 1, or move them to Dec 10 and 11 all failed, so the December meeting stays as scheduled.
• Educator discipline: after a closed session, approved a mediated legal settlement (case 2026-0552) and several educator license cases, including a reprimand (9-2, one abstention) and a voluntary license surrender. Also voted 11-1 to name seven board members, including Bollinger, to the search committee for a new deputy superintendent of operations.