State School Board restores climate change science standard by 1 vote

SALT LAKE CITY — Climate change was restored to Utah’s supplemental state standards for science and engineering education by one vote late Thursday night.

The Utah State Board of Education voted 8-7 to accept the proposed standards as written by a committee of educators, scientists, and parents.

The vote — which capped a nearly 14-hour board meeting — eliminated all previous amendments to the science and engineering curriculum, one of which purged climate change language.

Board member Brent Strate, who introduced the motion to accept the supplemental standards as written, said the board had approved science standards in 2019 that included climate change as part of environmental science instruction.

You can find a full video of the Utah State Board of Education’s May 4 meeting here. And you can read more of this article on KSL.com.

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