Proposed amendment would strip powers of State School Board

SALT LAKE CITY — A proposed constitutional amendment would strip the powers of the Utah State Board of Education.Under SJR16, "the general control and supervision" of the state's public education system would be vested in the state superintendent of public instruction, who would be selected by the governor.The resolution is an attempt to address the governance of the State School Board, which is "a catastrophe," the bill's sponsor, Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, said Wednesday.The joi