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Starting July 1, 2026, Utah schools would gain a statewide system for tracking and sharing information about students who make credible threats of violence, meaning threats a school's multidisciplinary team has evaluated and determined pose a real risk of physical harm, serious injury, or major property damage. When a threat assessment team makes such a determination, the school would place a flag on the student's record and report details—such as the nature of the threat, the student's identity, the target, the team's risk evaluation, and any safety interventions—to the State Board of Education, which would then make that information accessible to authorized staff at other school districts or charter schools if the student transfers or the threat is relevant elsewhere. The bill defines key terms like "credible threat" and "threat assessment team," requires the state board to provide training and conduct regular audits and privacy compliance reviews, and mandates an annual public report on how the system is working, including training completion rates and anonymized outcome data. It also allows schools to collect and share this threat information without parental consent when necessary for safety, while stating that it does not override stronger privacy protections elsewhere in law, and it grants legal immunity to school employees and districts who report or act on threat information in good faith.