You may recall the dustup associated with splitting of the Jordan School District and the very painful headaches it caused up and down the chain. One of the biggest problems associated with a split such as this is the question of financial obligations and how to fairly divide divide them in the event of a [...]
Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
Bills to Watch: HB 220 – Civics Education Amendments, M. Morley
One of the sad, simple, facts is that many people simply do not understand our democracy or how it works, and one of the reasons is that we simply do not invest enough time and resources into educating students about our system in the first place. Thankfully Representative Morley (R – Spanish Fork, District 66) [...]
Bills to Watch: SJR 1 – Joint Resolution on State Board of Education Authority, C. Buttars
*sigh* It just wouldn’t be a “Bills to Watch” session without our good friend Senator Chris Buttars (R – West Jordan, District 10), and boy is he coming out with a bang. SJR 1 – Joint Resolution on State Board of Education Authority, if passed, would put before the voters an amendment to our state [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 199 – Advertisements on School Buses, J. Bird
Want to know how bad education funding is? It has gotten to the point that Representative Jim Bird (R-West Jordan, District 42) thinks that the only solution is to put advertisements on school buses. Yes, yes, I know. We couldn’t possibly raise the tax on people with 15 children in the system while I continue to (happily I [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 191 – Nonresident Tuition Waver Amendments, C. Wimmer
Oh, it just wouldn’t be a legislative session without me (and many of us lefty liberal bloggers) frantically mashing our keyboards in disgust of whatever Representative Carl Wimmer (R-Herriman, District 52) pulls out of his magic bag of tricks. Although there are a few floating around, today I am going to discuss HB 191 – [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 25 – Mineral and Petroleum Literacy, J. Draxler
Did you know that Utah is ranked 13th in the country for crude oil production and 9th in natural gas production? Well, I didn’t, but I don’t find it surprising either. There is no doubt that much of our economic success can be traced back to our natural resources. But, as we also know, the extraction of these [...]
I love Utah…
This Map was spotted in West High School (my alma mater), in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 24 2010. You may note that there are a few countries missing and they have somehow been replaced with the USSR. Fun fact: As of the day of this blog post, the USSR has not existed for [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 114 – Disclosure of Donations to Higher Education Institutions, C. Wimmer
You know, I should institute a new policy, just don’t write posts about Representative Carl Wimmer (R-Herriman-District 52) – he is just so diametrically opposite from me that it is not even funny, and I am convinced that he would not know how to propose a good bill if we were to sit him down [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 217 – Income Tax Revisions, C. Wimmer
I swear, I did not set out to pick apart Carl Wimmer (R-Herriman-District 52) during this legislative session, it just seems to me that he is one of the worst legislators when it comes to drafting sound policy. I direct your attention to HB 217 – Income Tax Revisions. I want you all to think [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 194 – Grants for Math Teacher Training, B. Last
Far too often, Republicans are eager to slash budgets in education, especially in rough economic times such as these. Thankfully, Representative Bradley Last (R – Saint George – District 71) is attempting to pass a bill that plans for our economic and educational future with HB 194 – Grants for Math Teacher Training. The bill [...]