Utah Admin. Code R277-328-4 - Educational Opportunities Within an LEA
(1) An LEA may establish or maintain an
office, division, employment position, or other unit of an LEA that provides
support, guidance, and resources that equip all students, including all
students in public schools at higher risk of not completing high school, with
experiences and opportunities for success in each student's academic and career
goals, and without excluding individuals on the basis of an individual's
personal identity characteristics consistent with Section
53G-2-105.
(2) No part of this rule shall be construed
by an LEA or educator to:
(a) prohibit or ban
discussions of events, ideas, attitudes, beliefs, or concepts in the
marketplace of ideas if consistent with Sections
53G-10-202,
53G-10-206, and
53G-2-104;
(b) prohibit disaggregation of data based on
personal identity characteristics to meet state and federal requirements,
including those in Section
53E-3-501 or
53E-5-302; or
(c) allow for discriminatory treatment of
individual students based disaggregated group data.
(3) An LEA may not promote differential
treatment of an individual based on the individual's personal identity
characteristics unless the LEA:
(a) has an
important governmental interest; or
(b) is complying with state or federal
law.
(4) An LEA may not
exclude any student from participating in Curricular, co-curricular, and
extra-curricular activities designated specifically for students based on a
different personal identity characteristic.
(5) An LEA shall submit an annual assurance
to the Board that the LEA's professional learning is consistent with this rule
and Section
53G-10-206.
(6) An individual may bring a violation of
this section to the Board in accordance with the process described in Rule
R277-123.
(7) If the Board
identifies a reported violation of this section, the state board shall provide
an update to the Education Interim Committee as described in Section
53G-2-103.
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