29 Facts About Aaron Osmond

Aaron Virl Osmond was born on October 31,1969 and is a former Republican member of the Utah Senate, representing the 10th district.

Aaron Osmond was born and raised in Provo, Utah; he is the son of George Virl Osmond Jr.

Aaron Osmond served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Rome, Italy.

Aaron Osmond sits as a board member on the Employability to Careers Program Board and on the Sacred Innocence Foundation.

In 2011, Aaron Osmond was elected as state senator for Utah's 10th district, formerly represented by Chris Buttars.

In 2014, Aaron Osmond served on the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, the Chair of the Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee, and the Senate Education Committee.

In 2015, Aaron Osmond stepped down from the Senate after considering the top post at the Utah College of Applied Technology.

Senator Aaron Osmond wasted no time trying to make an impact on longstanding state laws.

The bill was introduced February 8,2012, and the very next day, Aaron Osmond posted an introduction to the bill online, which stated some of the goals he was trying to achieve with the legislation.

Aaron Osmond knew some changes needed to take place, so he did not want to back down, but he wanted to ensure the changes he made would be informed and reflective of the problems actually facing the state.

The UEA is careful to note the work Aaron Osmond put in to ensure he heard and applied input from voices on all sides of the issue.

The UEA article points out a number of changes Aaron Osmond made after soliciting his feedback.

Some voices in the Senate wanted these stronger provisions reinstated, but Aaron Osmond decided it was better to take small steps on these issues and involve educators, rather than making sweeping changes without their input.

Many of the skills Aaron Osmond used throughout his time with the senate came from things he learned with this bill.

In 2013, Aaron Osmond attracted national attention when he wrote a senate blog suggesting an end to compulsory education.

Aaron Osmond argued that requiring education had unintended negative consequences in that it allowed parents to disengage from their children's education in ways that were detrimental.

Aaron Osmond's ideas received widespread criticism from some, while others suggested his radical changes did not go far enough.

Aaron Osmond never pressed the issue of compulsory education after that point, but championed legislation to place more educational responsibility on parents.

Aaron Osmond clarified that he believed parents should be primarily responsible for their children's education, with the state serving in a secondary position.

The sentiments Aaron Osmond began with SB39 and his homeschool amendments continued with SB122, which reformed parent rights in their children's education.

Aaron Osmond felt strongly that parents should hold the primary responsibility to educate their children, and schools and the state held a second responsibility with an obligation to support parents.

Aaron Osmond was very vocal in his defense of the original bill.

Aaron Osmond reiterated his firm belief in parental rights for education, but clarified that those rights were recognized in the bill as written.

Aaron Osmond's powerful stand for the bill against child abuse received a great deal of attention from the community, and he was recognized for his stance by the Prevent Child Abuse Utah association when they made him the recipient of the Anne Freimuth Child Advocate of the Year Award.

Aaron Osmond didn't go so far as to recapture all of it, but by capturing a portion, he was able to bring all school districts up to at least that average per-pupil rate.

The bill Aaron Osmond proposed distributed the revenue generated by this property tax increase into existing funds.

Early in the 2015 session, Aaron Osmond published a video explaining his hopes for the bill.

Also in 2015, Aaron Osmond ran a bill to alter the treatment of juvenile offenders in the criminal justice system.

Aaron Osmond felt very strongly that shackling all juvenile defendants was unnecessary and embarrassing, and ensured that such treatment would no longer be the norm.