Utah
Bill: SB 79
Status: 02/28/2013 – Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
Sponsored by Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, passed the Senate Education Committee on February 27. It would create a student-centered learning pilot program to incentivize schools and school districts to develop and adopt outcomes-based innovations such as data-driven instruction, competency-based education, extended school years and blended learning. “I’m becoming less and less interested in trying to micromanage the classroom from the Legislature,” said Sen. Stuart Reid, R-Ogden, according to Desert News. “What we really should be looking for is what we want as outcomes in the Legislature and have (educators) determine what the program would look like.”