Utah State Board of Ed. Student Advisory Council (SAC) Applications Open As you may know we have a Student Advisory Council that provides recommendation to the Utah State School Board. We have open seats this year in state board voting districts 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, and 14, which are primarily Weber Co. to Davis Co., West side of Salt Lake Co., and Provo to Southern Utah (minus Washington)-see map at this linkhttps://citygate.utleg.gov/legdistricting/comments/plan/177/12. We would appreciate you sharing this information with the appropriate personnel in your LEA to get the word out for students to apply to serve on this council. It is a great opportunity for Juniors!

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It's that time of year! We are looking for high school juniors from any academic standing, experience, or background to apply and join the Student Advisory Council (SAC) for the next two years!

The Student Advisory Council advises the state board of education on the student perspective to everything the board is doing including: standards for core courses like social studies and English language arts, student impacts of board regulations, teacher licensing and preparation, school safety and mental health, education legislation, etc.

These 15 students have direct exposure to state board members, the state superintendent, legislators, and so much more. It's a really unique and great opportunity for a student to offer their opinion and perspective to the State Board regarding how to make education in Utah better.

The SAC is comprised of one student from each state board member's voting district and half the SAC is open each year for new applications.

This year we are looking for students from state board voting districts 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, and 14.

A student can find their home address at the following linkhttps://citygate.utleg.gov/legdistricting/comments/plan/177/12 to find out which state board voting district they live in. If they live in any of the state board voting districts listed above they are eligible to apply.

Applications are due Friday Sept. 2nd can be filled out at this link: https://usbe.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4URR9BuEEgTOYuy .

Please note that students may respond to the short answer questions in writing or upload a video response in the application.

If you have any questions please reach out to the SAC Advisor Jeff Van Hulten at Jeffrey.vanhulten@schools.utah.govmailto:Jeffrey.vanhulten@schools.utah.gov

Thanks for passing this along to the students!

Naomi Watkins, Ph.D. Secondary English Language Arts Specialist Utah State Board of Education (801) 538-7616