Utah Recommendations

The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind should move the office its superintendent from Ogden to Salt Lake City. That's the recommendation of a task force formed by the State Board of Education. The panel also recommends expanding the role of the advisory board and changing the qualifications for membership on the board so that more people would qualify for the post. Members of the state's deaf community have complained that everyone on the task force was hearing and it failed to take into account the unique needs of the deaf community in the state. Earlier this year, some state lawmakers suggested shutting the school down. Others have said the schools should be separated from one another.