The new clinic is available to all high schoolers within the Salt Lake City School District, as long as they have parental consent—including middle schoolers at West High's magnet program.

A proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall would allow the state to use income tax money originally for education 'to support other state needs.'

The review of the religious titles took eight months in Davis School District, which previously took heat for banning the Bible before later reversing that decision.

The Educator-Protector Program would encourage teachers to "responsibly secure or carry a firearm on school grounds."

Superintendent Elizabeth Grant said change is hard—even good change. But she added that change is necessary as districts across the state and country continue to lose students.

"We are not in a race to outspend other states," officials said when asked if Utah plans to alter its reputation as a state with low public education spending. "Student outcomes are what truly matter, and a focus only on funding does not tell the whole story."

The Utah State Board of Education approved a $3 million contract that will allow schools to install ZeroEyes, an A.I. gun-detection program.

The district has long hosted routine vision screenings on school campuses. Screenings can alert parents to a problem, but unlike complete eye examinations offered at the Parkview clinic, kids don't leave them with new glasses.