Bills / S.B. 126
S.B. 126 School Swimming and Lifeguarding Programs
- Introduced
- Senate committee (stopped here)
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill requires Utah public schools' physical education core standards to include water safety instruction. It also lets school districts and charter schools offer swim, lifeguard, and swim instructor certification courses, count them toward physical education or other requirements, and contract with outside providers; students may be exempted from the water safety instruction under certain circumstances.
Plain-English summary written by AI from the official description. Check the official text below.
Official description
- defines terms
- requires the inclusion of water safety instruction in the public education core curriculum standards for physical education
- allows the exemption of a student from required water safety instruction under certain circumstances
- allows a local education agency (LEA) to:
- provide swim instruction, lifeguard certification training, and swim instructor certification training as courses under certain conditions
- construe the completion of certain courses toward physical education credit requirements or other requirements
- enter into an agreement with certain providers to offer certain programs
- grants rulemaking authority to the State Board of Education
Your legislators on this bill
Enter your address to see what your own representative and senator did on this bill.
Quotes come from the official recordings' automatic captions, which can mishear words. Speakers and summaries are identified by AI and can be wrong. Use the ▶ links to check the recording.
Take action
This bill's session is over, but your legislators still want to hear from you. Ideas that died often come back next year.
Enter your address to get your legislators' contact information and a ready-to-send message about this bill.
Every vote
No recorded votes yet.
Hearings and debates
- Jan 26, 2026 Senate Education Committee
- Jan 29, 2026 Senate Education Committee