Utah Admin. Code R277-400-2 - Definitions
(1) "Active threat" means any incident which
creates an immediate threat or imminent danger to the school campus community,
facilities and transportation systems.
(2) "Crisis" means an event that leads to
physical or emotional distress;
(3)
"Crisis Response" means a protocol for the actions to take and individuals to
involve following a crisis event.
(4) "Developmentally appropriate" means
adapted to what a student is able to do chronologically, cognitively,
physically, or emotionally.
(5)
"Elementary School" means a school with grades K-6.
(6) "Emergency" means a natural or man-made
disaster, accident, act of war, or other circumstance that could reasonably
endanger the safety of school children or disrupt the operation of the
school.
(7) "Emergency Preparedness
Plan" means policies and procedures developed to promote the safety and welfare
of students, protect school property, or regulate the operation of schools
during an emergency occurring within an LEA or a school.
(8) "Emergency Response Plan" means a plan
developed by an LEA or a school to prepare and protect students and staff in
the event of school violence emergencies.
(9) "Evidence-based" has the same meaning as
defined in Subsection
53G-11-303(1)(a).
(10) "Evidence-informed" has the same meaning
as defined in Subsection
53G-11-303(1)(b).
(11) "LEA" includes, for purposes of this
rule, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
(12) "Plan" means an LEA's or a school's
emergency preparedness and emergency response plan.
(13) "Safe Messaging" means strategies and
styles for communicating about the topic of suicide.
(14) "SafeUT" means the crisis line
established in Section
53B-17-1202.
(15) "School safety specialist" means a
school employee who is responsible for supporting school safety initiatives,
including the threat assessment described in Subsection
53G-8-802(2)(g)(i).
(16) "Secondary School" means a school with
any of the grades 7-12.
(17)
"Threat assessment" means a prevention strategy that involves:
(a) identifying threats;
(b) determining the seriousness of the
threat; and
(c) developing
intervention plans that address the threat.
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