This resolution encourages practices that promote child independence.
This resolution:
- highlights the importance of free play and child independence;
- supports children engaging in independent activities;
- encourages school districts, school administrators, and teachers to utilize the Let Grow school program to help build independence;
- encourages the State Board of Education to incorporate childhood independence throughout the core standards for Utah public schools; and
- urges local governments and school districts to enact practices that encourage children to be able to explore, play, wander, and build independence.