Amanda Bollinger
State Board of Education member, District 9
Office held
| State Board of Education member | District 9 | Source |
Special education and leadership
Amanda Bollinger’s professional preparation includes a master’s degree in special education and a doctorate in education from the University of Phoenix. Her state board biography describes experience across several levels of school employment, beginning with paraeducator work and continuing through classroom teaching, principalship and district administration. It also identifies coaching and parenting among the experiences she brings to educational leadership. [1]
Election and represented communities
Bollinger was elected to the Utah State Board of Education in 2024. Her represented communities include South Jordan, Riverton and Herriman, together with parts of West Jordan, Midvale and Bluffdale. Her official biography characterizes her as a conservative education professional whose background spans school operations and student support. It describes a transition from local and district responsibilities into statewide education governance. [1]
School-system perspective
Bollinger’s experience includes both providing direct support to students and supervising educators and school programs. Her biography places special education within that broader professional trajectory, alongside teaching, coaching and administrative work. Those are distinct stages of her career and explain the range of school-level and district-level responsibilities she held before joining the statewide board. [1]
Bollinger is interim chair of the board’s Law and Licensing Committee. [2]
Updated administrative employment
Bollinger’s updated 2026 professional disclosure lists an associate-administrator role in teaching and learning with Jordan School District and a deputy-superintendent role with Lake Mountain School District. The filing supplies specific district positions beyond the general administrative experience in her biography. [3]
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