Utah Admin. Code R277-419-2 - Definitions
(1) "Aggregate Membership" means the sum of
all days in membership during a school year for eligible students enrolled in a
public school.
(2) "Approved CTE
course" means a course approved by the Board within the Career and Technical
Education (CTE) Pathways.
(3)
"Attendance validated program" means a program within an LEA that consists of
eligible, enrolled public school students who physically attend school in a
brick and mortar school.
(4)
"Blended learning program" means a formal education program under the direction
of an LEA in which a student learns through an integrated experience that is in
part:
(a) through online learning, with an
element of student control over time, place, path, or pace; and
(b) in a supervised brick and mortar school
away from home.
(5)
"Brick and mortar school" means a school where classes are conducted in a
physical school building.
(6) "Data
Clearinghouse" means the electronic data collection system used by the
Superintendent to collect information required by law from LEAs about
individual students at certain points throughout the school year to support the
allocation of funds and accountability reporting.
(7) "Educational services" means providing
learning opportunities and services designed to support a student to be
prepared to succeed and lead by having the knowledge and skills to learn,
engage civically, and lead meaningful lives, including by providing:
(a) high quality instruction for each
student;
(b) personalized learning
supports for each student; and
(c)
implementation of evidence-based student health and wellness
practices.
(8) "Eligible
student" means a student who satisfies the criteria for enrollment in an LEA,
set forth in Section R277-419-5.
(9) "Enrollment verification data" includes:
(a) a student's birth certificate or other
verification of age;
(b)
verification of immunization or exemption from immunization form;
(c) proof of Utah public school
residency;
(d) family income
verification; or
(e) special
education program information, including:
(i)
an individualized education program;
(ii) a Section 504 accommodation plan;
or
(iii) an English learner
plan.
(10)
(a) "Home school" means the formal
instruction of children in their homes instead of in an LEA.
(b) "Home school" does not include public
school instruction provided in a home, including when:
(i) an online student receives instruction at
home, but the student is enrolled in a public school that follows state Core
Standards;
(ii) an online student
is:
(A) subject to laws and rules governing
state and federal mandated tests; and
(B) included in accountability measures;
or
(iii) an online
student receives instruction under the direction of a highly qualified,
licensed teacher who is subject to the licensure requirements of Rule R277-301
and fingerprint and background checks consistent with Rules R277-214 and
R277-309.
(iv) instruction is
received by a home-based scholarship student consistent with Section
53F-6-401.
(11) "Home school course" means instruction:
(a) delivered in a home school environment
where the curriculum and instruction methods, evaluation of student progress or
mastery, and reporting, are provided or administered by the parent, guardian,
custodian, or other group of individuals; and
(b) not supervised or directed by an
LEA.
(12)
(a) "Influenza pandemic" or "pandemic" means
a global outbreak of serious illness in people.
(b) "Influenza pandemic" or "pandemic" may be
caused by a strain of influenza that most people have no natural immunity to
and that is easily spread from person to person.
(13) "ISI-1" means a student who receives 1
to 59 minutes of YIC related services during a typical school day.
(14) "ISI-2" means a student who receives 60
to 179 minutes of YIC related services during a typical school day.
(15) "Learner validated enrollment
measurement" means a methodology used to establish a student's membership or
enrollment status for purposes of generating membership days.
(16) "Learner validated program" means a
program within an LEA that consists of eligible, enrolled public school
students where the student receives instruction through:
(a) an online learning program;
(b) a blended learning program; or
(c) a personalized, competency-based learning
program.
(17)
(a) "Membership" means a public school
student is on the current roll of a public school class or public school as of
a given date.
(b) A student is a
member of a class or school from the date of entrance at the school and is
placed on the current roll until official removal from the class or school due
to the student having left the school.
(c) Removal from the roll does not mean that
an LEA should delete the student's record, only that the student should no
longer be counted in membership.
(18) "Minimum School Program" means the same
as that term is defined in Section
53F-2-102.
(19) "Online learning program" means a
program:
(a) that is under the direction of an
LEA; and
(b) in which students
receive educational services primarily over the internet.
(20) "Personalized, Competency-based Learning
Grants Program" means an education program that provides instruction through
personalized, competency-based learning as defined in Section
53F-5-501.
(21) "Private school" means an educational
institution that:
(a) is not an LEA;
(b) is owned or operated by a private person,
firm, association, organization, or corporation; and
(c) is not subject to governance by the Board
consistent with the Utah Constitution.
(22) "Program" means a course of instruction
within a school that is designed to accomplish a predetermined curricular
objective or set of objectives.
(23) "Qualifying school age" means:
(a) a person who is at least five years old
and no more than 18 years old on or before September 1;
(b) with respect to special education, a
person who is at least three years old and no more than 21 years old on or
before July 1;
(c) with respect to
YIC, a person who is at least five years old and no more than 21 years old on
or before September 1.
(24) "Resource" means a student who receives
1 to 179 minutes of special education services during a typical school day
consistent with the student's IEP provided for under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
20 U.S.C. Sec.
1400 et seq., amended in 2004.
(25) "Retained senior" means a student beyond
the general compulsory school age who is authorized at the discretion of an LEA
t o remain in enrollment as a high school senior in the years after the
student's cohort has graduated due to:
(a)
sickness;
(b)
hospitalization;
(c) pending court
investigation or action; or
(d)
other extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the
student.
(26) "S1" means
the record maintained by the Superintendent containing individual student
demographic and school membership data in a Data Clearinghouse file.
(27) "S2" means the record maintained by the
Superintendent containing individual student data related to participation in a
special education program in a Data Clearinghouse file.
(28) "S3" means the record maintained by the
Superintendent containing individual student data related to participation in a
YIC program in a Data Clearinghouse file.
(29) "School" means an educational entity
governed by an LEA that:
(a) is supported with
public funds;
(b) includes enrolled
or prospectively enrolled full-time students;
(c) employs licensed educators as instructors
that provide instruction consistent with Rule R277-301;
(d) has one or more assigned
administrators;
(e) is accredited
consistent with Section
R277-410-3; and
(f) administers required statewide
assessments to the school's students.
(30) "School day" means a day where an LEA
provides educational services to students subject to the requirements described
in Section R277-419-4.
(31) "School membership" means membership
other than in a special education or YIC program in the context of the Data
Clearinghouse.
(32) "School of
enrollment" means:
(a) a student's school of
record; and
(b) the school that
maintains the student's cumulative file, enrollment information, and transcript
for purposes of high school graduation.
(33) "School year" means the 12 month period
from July 1 through June 30.
(34)
"Self-contained" means a public school student with an IEP or YIC, who receives
180 minutes or more of special education or YIC related services during a
typical school day.
(35)
"Self-Contained Resource Attendance Management (SCRAM)" means a record that
tracks the aggregate membership of public school special education students for
state funding purposes.
(36) "SSID"
means Statewide Student Identifier.
(37) "Student with a disability" means a
student who:
(a)
(i)
(A) is
of an age during which it is mandatory under state law to provide educational
services to persons with disabilities as described in Subsection
53E-3-503(1)(a);
or
(B) is of an age during which a
student without a disability is provided educational services;
and
(ii) is entitled to
receive a free appropriate public education under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act or Board rules related to special education,
including Rule R277-750; or
(b) is entitled to receive a free appropriate
public education under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 because
the student:
(i) has a physical or mental
impairment which substantially limits one or more major life
activities;
(ii) has a record of an
impairment described in Subsection (37)(b)(i); or
(iii) is regarded as having an impairment
described in Subsection (37)(b)(i).
(38) "Unexcused absence" means an absence
charged to a student when:
(a) the student was
not physically present at school at any of the times attendance checks were
made in accordance with Subsection
R277-419-8(5);
and
(b) the student's absence could
not be accounted for by evidence of a legitimate or valid excuse in accordance
with local board policy on truancy as defined in Section
53G-6-201.
(39) "Weighted pupil unit" or "WPU" means the
same as that term is defined in Section
53F-2-102.
(40) "Year end upload" means the Data
Clearinghouse file due annually by July 15 from LEAs to the Superintendent for
the prior school year.
(41) "Youth
in care or YIC" means a person under the age of 21 who is:
(a) in the custody of the Department of
Health and Human Services;
(b) in
the custody of an equivalent agency of a Native American tribe recognized by
the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and whose custodial parent or legal
guardian resides within the state; or
(c) being held in a juvenile detention
facility.
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