UTAH STATE OFFICE OF EDUCATION

State school board wants healthier snacks in machines Provo Daily Herald
SALT LAKE CITY -- State school board members want to encourage Utah schools to replace sugary and fatty snacks with healthier fare in vending machines. Utah was among states recently getting an 'F' by a watchdog group that found guidelines on vending machines and other school food were not stricter than federal standards.
State School Board Wants Better Snacks In Machines KUTV2 Salt Lake City
State school board members want to encourage Utah schools to replace sugary and fatty snacks with healthier fare in vending machines.
List of Utah schools needing improvement faces review Deseret Morning News
Testing officials with the Utah State Office of Education say they will review and possibly rework the list of schools that need improvement under federal education guidelines after district chiefs contended the list was inaccurate.
Isolated teachers rate lower The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah school districts that are far from universities often have the lowest percentages of teachers who meet "highly qualified teacher" standards established by the federal government, a state education official says. Of the 10 Utah districts with the largest percentages of teachers who do not meet the standards, nine are more than 100 miles from a university, said Larry Shumway, Utah Office
Putting the bite on junk vending The Salt Lake Tribune
Will pretzels replace Pringles and raisins replace Reese's in school vending machines? It appears they will, eventually anyway. The Utah State Board of Education on Friday directed its staff to draft a rule regarding food and beverages sold in public school vending machines with an eye toward healthier offerings.
Utah submits plan to ensure 'highly qualified' teachers The Salt Lake Tribune
Posted: 6:41 AM- Utah school districts that are far from universities often have the lowest percentages of teachers who meet "highly qualified teacher" standards established by the federal government, a state education official says. Of the 10 Utah districts with the largest percentages of teachers who do not meet the standards, nine are more than 100 miles from a university, said Larry
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10#x25 boost sought for student funding Deseret Morning News
Schools want a big chunk of the record surplus the state says it's seeing this year, in the form of a 10 percent boost in the student funding formula alone, the State Board of Education voted Friday.
State school board targets junk food Standard-Examiner
SALT LAKE -- Students in Top of Utah schools may soon have to wait until after class to get their junk food fix.
Junk food in schools targeted Deseret Morning News
A State Board of Education committee wants more healthful snacks and less soda and junk food in vending machines and, in light of a recent state audit, to require districts to take competitive bids before signing with Coke or Pepsi, for example. But its hands are pretty well tied.

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