2025 bills / H.B. 209
H.B. 209 Homeschool Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill changes Utah's homeschooling rules so parents only need to file a letter of intent in certain situations, and it sets procedures for local school boards to process those letters. It also removes the requirement for parents to submit an affidavit when a student starts homeschooling at the beginning of a school year, removes the requirement to attest to criminal background history, and removes local school board liability after a student is unenrolled.
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Official description
- clarifies when a letter of intent to homeschool is required from parents
- removes the requirement for parents to submit an affidavit for students who begin homeschooling at the start of an academic year
- removes the requirement for parents to attest to criminal background history
- establishes procedures for local school boards to process letters of intent
- removes liability from local school boards after student unenrollment
- makes technical changes
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What members get
- An alert the day H.B. 209 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.B. 209 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 14 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 28, 2025Who voted how
- 14 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 28, 2025Who voted how
- 69 yes, 1 no, 5 absentFinal House vote · Feb 6, 2025Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 5 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how
- 7 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how
- 22 yes, 3 no, 4 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 26, 2025Who voted how
- 20 yes, 5 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 3, 2025Who voted how
- 62 yes, 13 noHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 5, 2025Who voted how