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[Utah PTA @UtahPTAOneVoice]

Join Utah PTA in the effort to help celebrate the Class of 2020! #uted

[Heidi Matthews @HeidiMatthewsUT]

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4-8 Join @myuea and @utahpta and #ThankATeacher Virtual high 5 with @PGLAB24 https://t.co/oVFtuLygbe

[Utah PTA @UtahPTAOneVoice]

Utah PTA opposes HB4003 Here’s a copy of our Press Release. @BenWinslow @fox13 @KSLcom @DeanieWimmer @abc4utah @KUTV2News @DeseretNews @sltrib #utleg #uted

[UTPS @UTPS]

We are happy to join in the fun #utahschoolspirit #uted

[UTPS @UTPS]

Let’s support our students!! #uted #utahschoolspirit

[Utah PTA @UtahPTAOneVoice]

Join our education community and celebrate next week by showing our #utahschoolspirit!
Take a selfie and use the hashtag #utahschoolspirit on Twitter and Instagram to show our schools coming together.

#uted #utlearnsremotely

[Laney Benedict @PGLAB24]

I’m a PTA Member of 42 local units in Utah. I believe in PTA. #EveryChildOneVoice #MembershipMonday Retweet if you’re a PTA Member. #uted

[UTPS @UTPS]

We support the PTA. Thanks for volunteering.

[Utah PTA @UtahPTAOneVoice]

As school gets back in session, the new leadership of Utah PTA has been busy visiting regions across the state, getting to know you and celebrating who you are! And so, it's time to introduce ourselves. For more information, please visit https://t.co/VvORPClWec. #PTA #uted

[UTPS @UTPS]

Please read this article on what happened in court today. #uted #utpol

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

Can the @UTBoardofEd be partisan? Utah Supreme Court justices call state’s argument ‘thin' and ‘almost nonsensical’, but acknowledge ambiguity in the law, via @sltrib #uted #utpol https://t.co/pmgN4XHvlQ

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

That’s a wrap. Stay tuned for the write-up on today Supreme Court hearing on partisan @UTBoardofEd elections. #uted #utpol

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

Green says that the state does not see school board staff (like the state super) to be education employees. Instead, they're employees of the state.

Justice Petersen says that reading is "nonsensical" #uted #utpol

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

Smith says that SB78, the partisan school board bill, infects the entire system of running for and electing board seats with "partisan tests." #uted #utpol

[UTPS @UTPS]

Ummm they oversee education in our state. Standards are the school boards responsibility. #uted

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

Justice Lee now pressing attorney Alan Smith for examples in state law where the @UTBoardofEd is defined as being part of the education system #uted #Utpol

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

Justice Himonas out of the gate again. Says the board of directors of an organization are typically officers, not empoyees. Why would voters consider the @UTBoardofEd to be education employees? #uted #utpol

[UTPS @UTPS]

Exactly! #uted

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

Court has now switched to "partisan test" prohibition. The law also prohibits a "religious test" and Judge Hagen suggests the state can't require school board candidates to declare their religion. #uted #utpol

[UTPS @UTPS]

We agree! #uted

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

Chief Justice Durrant brings up plain language. Suggests that voters in 1986 understood the constitutional language to mean that public ed would be largely nonpartisan. #uted #utpol

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

Justice Petersen asks, for the second time, for state's lawyer to state clearly what his argument is about employment in public ed. Wants to understand why state believes it doesn't include school board. #uted #utpol

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

Himonas notes that constitution says education "includes" k-12 and higher ed. He says the state is reading the word "includes" out through its argument. #uted #Utpol

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

State's lawyer barely gets a sentence out before Justice Himonas cuts in and questions the state's definition of "employee" of the education system. #uted #utpol

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

Court is in session. Brace yourself for wonky inside-baseball tweets on partisan elections and education governance. #uted #utpol

[Benjamin Wood @BjaminWood]

Utah's previous election system was struck down for different reasons, so lawmakers passed a bill making the state school board partisan beginning this year.

Law was challenged & a lower court already ruled against it, so this year's elections will be nonpartisan #uted #utpol