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Legal awareness education for high school students would become optional rather than mandatory under this bill. Starting in the 2026–27 school year, Utah school districts and charter schools would be allowed—but not required—to provide 10th grade students with information covering a broad range of legal rights and responsibilities tied to becoming a legal adult, including voting, jury duty, selective service registration, contracts, healthcare decisions, credit and debt, taxes, employment rights, interactions with law enforcement, and the adult criminal justice system. Schools that choose to provide this information would have flexibility in how to deliver it, such as through existing coursework, assemblies, or written or digital materials, and would not need to create a new course or test students on the content; if a school provides the information, it must present it in an age-appropriate and accessible way, and if the school develops or adopts its own materials, it must keep them current and accurate.