Utah
Utah's rule names the problem: locked when occupied, and no magnets on the latch.
Utah's State Security Chief wrote the classroom‑door rule that the Uvalde investigation implied. Classrooms are locked while students are inside, every door has an inside lock, and the workaround everyone uses, a magnet over the latch, is prohibited while school is in session. That is a rule a door that locks itself can meet every period.
The rules
What Utah requires
Utah Admin. Code R698‑13‑6
Effective December 23, 2024. School classrooms and other instructional areas must be locked when occupied by students, except between class periods. Each classroom or instructional‑area door must have an internal lock that complies with section 15A‑5‑205 of the State Fire Code. Magnets or other methods to circumvent door locks may not be used while school is in session.
Panic alert
HB 84 (2024) requires a wearable panic‑alert device for the lead teacher in each classroom, communicating with public‑safety answering points, and created the State Security Chief. The statewide device program's next vendor selection was due in September 2026. ClassLock takes the lockdown trigger from the device system and holds every door.
Funding
The USBE School Safety and Support Grant (HB 61, 2023) was $75 million one‑time in FY24, competitive, and requires a completed school safety needs assessment. The 2025 session appropriated $25 million for FY26 LEA safety grants under HB 40. A bill to make the program a recurring formula (HB 43, 2026) failed in the House, so plan on competitive rounds rather than an entitlement.
USBE grant page · HB 43 (2026)
Who you deal with
The Utah School Safety Center at USBE for grants and the needs assessment; the State Security Chief at the Department of Public Safety for the standards.
Where ClassLock fits
The magnet rule, solved at the strike
Why magnets happen
Teachers prop or magnet a lock because answering the door all period is disruptive and because late students need to get in. Utah has now banned the workaround without removing the reason for it.
What ClassLock does
The door is locked by default and opens with a tap for any student scheduled in that room, so the late student gets in and the door stays locked. The sensor logs every door held open, which is what a compliance check wants to see. Free egress from inside, always, with no second operation.
Fire code
ClassLock is a listed fail‑secure electric strike on the existing lever: one motion to exit, no barricade, no device to engage. The fire marshal package is on the compliance page.
What the rule bans is any method of circumventing the lock while school is in session, magnets included; propping a door with the lock engaged is left to district procedure. Why the magnet happens, and what replaces it. The locked‑when‑occupied requirement is a Department of Public Safety rule, not a statute. Local district procedures, such as Provo's, restate it for staff.
Meet R698‑13‑6 every period without a magnet.
We will scope a ten‑door pilot against your needs assessment and the next USBE grant round.