Resources

Overview

The Utah State Board of Education's (USBEs) first imperative regarding educational excellence for each student is to:

  • Set the general statewide conditions in which each student can excel, including equity of educational opportunities and culturally responsive practices to promote each student's academic success and wellbeing.
  • Provide technical assistance, develop policies and administrative rules, and establish promising practices that promote high expectations and successful outcomes for each student.

Utah Laws Recognizing Constitutional Freedoms in the Schools

Educational Equity in Schools

Respect is acknowledging differences by looking for the good in everyone, including oneself, and showing due regard for feelings, rights, cultures and traditions (Utah’s Portrait of a Graduate, USBE, 2018). Educators and staff in P-12 classrooms must create safe places where students from all backgrounds can come together, learn, and be successful. In classrooms where there is student discourse, differing opinions are inevitable and help students gain a deeper understanding of the ideas and perspectives of others. Active student discourse prepares students to participate in a democratic society.

In August 2021, USBE Administration Rules approved R277-328: Educational Equity in Schools. This rule is intended to support school districts and charters with standards for educators and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) regarding professional learning, guidelines and requirements for curriculum, and classroom instruction on educational equity. To support LEAs and educators in successful implementation of this rule, the Teaching and Learning team are developing supportive resources for educators to help advance educational equity in every Utah classroom.

Race and Ethnicity Data

Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC)

The CRDC collects a variety of information including student enrollment and educational programs and services, most of which is disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex, limited English proficiency, and disability. The CRDC is a longstanding and important aspect of the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) overall strategy for administering and enforcing the civil rights statutes for which it is responsible. Information collected by the CRDC is also used by other education offices as well as policymakers and researchers outside of Education.

Enrollment/Membership Reports
Utah State Board of Education Data and Statistics 

The Utah State Board of Education collects and evaluates education data. The Data and Statistics department is primarily responsible for data quality and analyzing data related to education in Utah and supports the Board's strategic plan for excellence for each student by reviewing and auditing the states data collection, and compiles and analyzes a wide variety of information about schools, student progress, graduation rates, school districts, and other useful statistics and reports on the condition of Utah's education.

Student Health and Risk Prevention (SHARP) Survey Reports
Department of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH)

These reports summarize the findings from the Utah Prevention Needs Assessment Survey that is conducted as part of the SHARP Statewide Survey. The survey is administered every two years, to students in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12 in most public and certain charter school districts across Utah. The survey was designed to assess adolescent substance use, anti-social behavior, and the risk and protective factors that predict these adolescent problem behaviors.

Graduation Authentication

Authentications
The Office of the Utah Lieutenant Governor

Guardianship of a Minor in Utah
Utah Juvenile Courts

Apostille or Non-Apostille Seals
Notary Division of the Governor's Office
Utah State Capital Complex, Suite 220
PO Box 142325
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114
Phone: (801) 538-1041
Monday through Thursday
Hours: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Processing and authentication of documents stop at 5:30 p.m.

Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Region VIII (Denver Office)
United States Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
Cesar East Chavez Memorial Building
1244 Speer Boulevard, Suite 310
Denver, Colorado 80204-3582
Phone: (303) 844-5695 | Fax: (303) 844-4303 | TDD: (877) 521-2172 | E-mail

Translation Services

COMMGAP
7069 South Highland Drive, Suite 201
Salt Lake City, Utah 84021
Phone: (801) 944-4049 | E-mail

Linguistica International
4250 West 5415 South
Kearns, Utah 84118
Phone: (801) 262-4550 | Fax: (801) 262-4622 | E-mail

InSync Interpreters, LLC
9149 South Monroe Street, Suite C
Sandy, Utah 84070
Phone: (801) 838-8100 | Toll-Free: (866) 501-2002 | Fax: (800) 755-8357 | E-mail

Catholic Community Services of Utah
Rose Olivas
Phone: (801) 428-1229 | E-mail

Refugee and Immigrant Center Asian Association of Utah (AAU) Interpreting and Translation Services
Tung Tran
Phone: (801) 990-9449 | E-mail

Note: Effective Dates August 1, 2015 through July 30, 2020

Websites

American College Test (ACT)

Services for Examinees with Disabilities

Special Testing: Request for ACT Special Testing

Center for Multicultural Health

Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE)

Health Equity in Utah
Utah Department of Health, Office of Health Equity

Living Traditions Festival
Salt Lake City Arts Council

Youth Leadership
Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement, Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs

Nepali-English Dictionary

A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali
Ruth Laila Schmidt (1994)

Nepali-English Dictionary
Karl-Heinz Kramer (2007)

National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Refugee and Immigration Center
Asian Association of Utah

StopBullying.gov
United States Department of Health and Human Services

US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division

US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Spanish 

The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice works to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all persons in the United States. The Division enforces federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), disability, religion, familial status, national origin, and citizenship status.

Educational opportunities cases

Report a civil rights violation

Publications