Before they graduate high school, students across Utah could find a new requirement that isn't a test. Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson is proposing that students in grades 9-12
CEDAR CITY, Utah — Before they graduate high school, students across Utah could find a new requirement that isn't a test.
"We want them to be doing a little bit every year and get in that habit of community service," she said in an interview with FOX 13 News. "Of course, there’s the benefit to the community. But then there’s the benefit to the individual student as well," she said."Studies have even shown that students who volunteer more are more likely to be civically engaged as an adult, they’re more likely to vote and they’re actually happier."
Many clubs and sports teams in Utah schools strongly encourage some component of volunteerism or community service.
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