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Rachel Luzinski, director of Community Crisis Services at Huntsman Mental Health Institute, said SafeUT’s tip volume shows the service is being used for concerns beyond suicide, noting that in FY24 bullying overtook suicide as the most-reported tip category. Luzinski said 758 tips in the year explicitly pertained to potential school threats or active-violence concerns.

Luzinski outlined a three-phase plan for app enhancements. Phase 1 (near-term) introduces multiple user profiles and enhanced notification templates so people who have multiple roles (for example, a teacher who is also a parent) can receive appropriate messages from all associated schools. Phase 2 will add optional location services and geofenced alerts so a person with the app on their phone can receive targeted messages if they enter an affected area. Phase 3 will add an emergency protocol and a credentialed law-enforcement dashboard that permits approved law-enforcement users to send outbound emergency notifications to app users in an affected area; Luzinski said credentialed law-enforcement users would not see private mental-health chat content, only the ability to send verified outbound alerts.

Luzinski said the team aims to complete the three phases over the summer and into the 2025–26 school year, with phased rollouts beginning as early as August–September 2025. She asked districts and the public to continue downloading and using SafeUT and to consider turning on location services in- app to support potential emergency notifications.

Task force members discussed contractor procurement for safety products and noted that SafeUT is state-owned and maintained; members urged districts to consult the state team before contracting long-term with external vendors for school-safety apps or services.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","School Security Task Force - January 17, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","SafeUT reported nearly 27,000 chats and 8,985 tips in FY24, added an automated data push to the Statewide Information Assessment Center for high-risk tips, and outlined new features (multi-profile, location-based notifications, law-enforcement messaging) planned for 2025–26.","taxTitle","School Security Task Force, Utah Subcommittees, Commissions and Task Forces, Utah Legislative Branch, Utah","taxId",69195,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6381882,"Task force hears cybersecurity warnings from vendors and UETN as school data breaches continue",1485,3020000,4505000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2127822-80d5017b58247f0b9f0d0d4010ab6bd4&start=3020&end=4505","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2127822-80d5017b58247f0b9f0d0d4010ab6bd4/thumbnail_3020000.jpg","/articles/6381882/Utah/Task-force-hears-cybersecurity-warnings-from-vendors-and-UETN-as-school-data-breaches-continue","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6381882-a6e828ca94629122a73d87d081f362a8/orig.mp4?Expires=1770438054&Signature=Sh1t3GhVoKEAzISIxPXXCRmvW1kqoRqSdDhRmvK4Bdda9gwWmu6EVrWPUfYpRUWitjz6bAbPRo036LagwTrvbZPcy6TvB7Q6IiEjOPV9wkNFyMs00eWP6OamfqAf1kvOG9nffOF5Mp2Qj1lxvqFouHJrB5XpwpKVbOhsnP4kIadqVb1wrwaoYdIIzsvfI9oOIiDFfD-8hxF9ZSVO2fTdmcbSq8NU9zBbKnsQNsGiviyDgEFU~HeLnaIKwhTgBQ7ynousD6JmQrCVk0oALs3Tnz3hFzPPGwcu9URh-mrSAoXCcSYPh-kfsCGwO3VkstMLobkfshQtPi8yO4fWKEBpTw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Cybersecurity experts told the Utah School Security Task Force that basic protections—multifactor authentication, endpoint detection and a zero-trust approach—would block many of the recent breaches of school-related systems and that the state should consider minimum standards for districts.

Kevin Lopez, a private-sector cybersecurity presenter, said multifactor authentication “does significantly increase security, and reducing risks, by up to 99%,” and recommended endpoint detection, role-based access, network segmentation and vendor contractual requirements tied to security standards such as NIST or SOC 2. Lopez described recent breaches involving third-party vendors, saying attackers used valid credentials and absent multifactor protections to access student and teacher records.

Spencer Jenkins of the Utah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN) described UETN’s role as a statewide network partner that connects schools; UETN sees network anomalies before some districts, provides coordination during incidents and is preparing a statewide security posture assessment for K–12 and higher education. Jenkins said UETN is evaluating managed services that would give districts and the state a shared view of threats and noted that deployment and resources vary widely by district.

Task force members cited recent compromises of Utah student records and warned that paying ransoms or trusting attackers to delete stolen data does not prevent re-use of that data. Representative Wilcox said roughly 170,000 student records were compromised in a recent incident he referenced; that figure was reported in the meeting transcript as his observation about ongoing compromises. Board member Joe Carey asked what is slowing wider adoption of multifactor authentication; presenters said both cost/licensing and user convenience are barriers.

The group learned the state legislative auditor has commenced an audit of education cybersecurity. Task force members said that audit, together with UETN’s upcoming posture assessment, should inform any minimum standards recommended in the task force’s legislation work for the coming session.

No formal action was taken at the meeting on cybersecurity standards; task force members instructed staff to continue work, coordinate with the Department of Technology Services and consider proposals for baseline requirements for districts.","Vendors and Utah Education and Telehealth Network officials outlined cybersecurity risks to K–12 systems, urged multifactor authentication and endpoint protections, and described state-level monitoring and a forthcoming audit of education cybersecurity posture.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6381887,"Utah task force approves funds, directs procurement of first-aid, panic-alert devices and dashboard completion",212,1578000,1790000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2127822-80d5017b58247f0b9f0d0d4010ab6bd4&start=1578&end=1790","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2127822-80d5017b58247f0b9f0d0d4010ab6bd4/thumbnail_1578000.jpg","/articles/6381887/Utah/Utah-task-force-approves-funds-directs-procurement-of-first-aid-panic-alert-devices-and-dashboard-completion","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6381887-1285926550e581dc185fc7fc974e009e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770438054&Signature=obWns1H-6sLEZlT-bIUujkVfEATavKuUmoUzaekZtYd1FG1p4z3CpSevyA6rC0mF0xulOCifxC7ri5ZhpfiDv3ilqbKEh1Tfl-F3-3cNUryKNUM0gUxYl0eGGLpcPIXtZLSxnytLAs-bB199iDhwic0cZltE8kEf61VOv0JWj-c4NAm-UnlpvdoTxBp9I3hHw5hixxNHEz7DdKGAOzph1QWwcwHW6BHEc3D2DhD9hLVpakO~MGdFcwgH~mHrLRigV-Ys3rNDL-fB7~RD1pa6NnUhVu5XT2HtnUhC7rq7T8n0cQeQHHCgjf18KT7457AF-Pj5TTxfe9x9bnOqgFFXiA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Utah School Security Task Force voted to approve three funding and procurement actions aimed at accelerating school safety measures statewide and directed follow-up reporting to the grant subcommittee.

The task force approved using $1.5 million from above-the-line grant funds to match previously allocated state board funding and finish development of the school safety dashboard; authorized procurement of bleed kits and first-aid kits for public schools using funds from the general grants appropriation; and authorized procurement and standards review for physical panic-alert devices required under this past session’s Alyssa’s Law provisions.

The dashboard motion came after staff described the board’s earlier $1.5 million discretionary allocation and a failed federal grant attempt. Micah Wicksen, Legislative Research and General Counsel, said the board had moved $1,500,000 toward the dashboard and the task force’s matching funds would let the project be completed. Representative Brad Wilcox placed the dashboard motion; the task force approved it by voice vote.

Senator Milner moved that funds from the general grants appropriation be used to supply first-aid and bleed kits to public schools and requested that the State Board of Education and the state security chief begin procurement. Chief Huntington asked whether training should be included; the task force agreed the initial motion would fund the equipment and asked staff to report back on training needs and cost models. The motion was approved by voice vote.

Representative Wilcox then moved that the task force use grant funds to supply physical panic-alert devices, directing the state board and state security chief to begin procurement and to set implementation standards and appropriate application limits. Wilcox referenced problems other states experienced with multiple contractors and overloaded PSAPs and asked the state security chief to narrow procurement and standards to avoid replication of those failures. The motion passed by voice vote.

The task force also approved the minutes of its Dec. 19 meeting by voice vote earlier in the session.

Votes at a glance: 1) School safety dashboard completion: Motion to allocate $1.5 million (matching the state board allocation) from the task force’s general grants appropriation to the Utah State Board of Education — outcome: approved (voice vote). 2) Bleed/first-aid kits procurement: Motion to use general grants funds to supply kits to public schools and direct the state board and state security chief to start procurement — outcome: approved (voice vote); task force requested report-back on training and cost-sharing/reimbursement options. 3) Panic-alert devices procurement and standards: Motion to use general grants funds to supply physical panic-alert devices and direct procurement/standards work by the state board and state security chief — outcome: approved (voice vote).

The measures were presented as responses to gaps documented in the school safety needs assessments and intended as near-term “low-hanging fruit” actions, while larger policy and technical issues (cybersecurity standards, dashboard scope, training costs) will be addressed in subsequent meetings and subcommittee work.

The task force did not record individual roll-call tallies in the transcript; each motion was adopted by a voice “aye” with no recorded oppositions.","The Utah School Security Task Force voted to allocate grant funds to finish the state school safety dashboard and authorized procurement of bleed/first-aid kits and panic-alert devices following a review of school safety needs assessments.","actionData","errors"]

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