Utah Government Information

	Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Gov Leavitt to speak at Private Homeland Security Summit
Gov. Mike Leavitt will address the McGraw-Hill Companies Second Annual Homeland Security Summit and Exposition: Interdependence: Assessing New Risks and Sharing the Costs on May 15.
[Conference Information from McGraw Hill]comments or questions [] 10:10:42 AM

NRC To Conduct Skull Valley Nuclear Waste Hearing
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will conduct two sessions May 29 on the application of Private Fuel Storage, LLC to build and operate a temporary above-ground storage facility for spent nuclear fuel on the Goshute Reservation about 50 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The hearing will be held in Rockville, MD. PFS has requested the Board to issue a license for a smaller facility than originally proposed, falling below the aircraft crash hazard threshold.comments or questions [] 10:04:15 AM

Utah Ranks 18th in High School Graduation Rate
A study prepared by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University revealed that 25 - 30 percent of American students do not graduate from high school. Males are 20 - 30 percent more likely to drop out than females. The U S Department of Education has put the national dropout rate at 11 percent. Authors of the CLMS study claimed that the DOE study did not reflect the true rate because many states do not report their dropouts using common data collection and definition standards.Utah ranks 18th in the percentage of 18-year-olds who graduate, with a rate of 76%. The top five are Vermont (92%), Connecticut (88%), Nebraska (86%), Minnesota (85%), and North Dakota (85%). The bottom five are Georgia (59%), South Caroina (60%), Mississippi (60%), Louisiana (63%), Tennessee (63%).
[CLMS Report]comments or questions [] 9:59:26 AM