By Carmen Nesbitt | The Salt Lake Tribune | Photo by Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune

At least two state school board members want Utah Gov. Spencer Cox to veto a bill that would allow teachers with suspended or revoked licenses to again work or volunteer in public schools — under certain circumstances.

Current law prohibits this with zero exception, no matter the reason someone’s license was suspended or revoked.

The new bill, SB312, would only allow disciplined teachers to work in unlicensed campus positions, like cafeteria or hall monitor roles, or certain administrative jobs. And it would only allow that if a “technical” violation led to their license suspension or revocation, not a “harmful” one.

“It is wrong to label someone who made an administrative mistake — or got crosswise with district leadership over some mundane matter — the same way we label someone who endangered children,” the bill’s sponsor Sen. John Johnson, R-North Ogden, said in a statement to The Salt Lake Tribune.

“In these cases, there is no justification for banning someone from school property,” he said.

Read more at SLTrib.com.

This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aims to inform readers across the state.