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Special session is a chance to engage your legislators
Utah lawmakers will convene in a special session next week – and among other pieces of legislation, will be looking at HB 332, a bill the governor vetoed that would have created a scholarship program for families with children with special needs.
Education experts predict pandemic will change public education
The public education system is likely to be permanently changed by the response to the coronavirus pandemic – or more precisely, by the knowledge gained by principals, teachers, parents and children during the response to the pandemic.
Potential SCOTUS case could protect supporters of unpopular causes from retribution
This is an important case with the potential to clarify whether a state can, like Alabama tried to do in the 1950s, create a climate where supporters of private associations are at risk of being harassed or intimidated because of their beliefs.
How is pandemic homeschooling going for Utah parents?
It’s difficult to compare experiences because everyone’s circumstances are so different: the number and personalities of children, employment and financial status, familiarity with homeschooling, and a host of other issues.
Utah Leads Together and the consent of the governed
The plan’s success requires that those who administer it recognize the fact that governments “deriv[e] their just powers from the consent of the governed,” in the words of the Declaration of Independence.
Pandemic fallout: N.Y. man sues Gov. Cuomo over inability to gather, observe Jewish faith
Effectively, the lawsuit is asking the courts to decide whether New York’s coronavirus pandemic response strikes the right balance between the compelling interest of public health in a pandemic and the constitutional requirement to protect religious freedom.
Coronavirus pandemic continues to change higher education
During this window of change in higher education – primarily the expansion of online coursework – Snow Online is also normalizing other innovative changes like generously offering credit for prior learning and catering to the atypical student.
Religious Freedom 101: From Washington to WWII, the ups and downs
While the roughly 140-year period between the enactment of the First Amendment and World War II was often a dark and difficult time for the aspiration of religious freedom, all of this persecution set the stage for a crucial upsurge in legal protections of for religious belief and expression.
Tax benefit in bill will help religious charities mitigate coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus aid bill recently passed by Congress and signed by President Trump includes some important provisions that reflect the importance of religious and other private charitable endeavors at times of great need.
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