Utah Admin. Code R277-444-2 - Definitions
(1) "Arts organization" means a professional
artistic organization that provides an educational service related to dance,
music, drama, art, visual art, or media art in the state.
(2) "City" has the same meaning as that term
is defined in Subsection
10-1-104(1).
(3) "Community" means the group of persons
that have an interest or involvement in the education of a person in
kindergarten through grade 12, including:
(a)
a student, parent, teacher, and administrator; and
(b) an association or council that represents
a person described in Subsection (2)(a).
(4) "Core standard" means a standard:
(a) established by the Board in Rule R277-700
as required by Section
53E-3-501; and
(b) that defines the knowledge and skills a
student should have in kindergarten through grade 12 to enable a student to be
prepared for college or workforce training.
(5) "Cost effectiveness" means:
(a) maximization of the educational potential
of the resources available through the organization; and
(b) not using money received through a
program for the necessary maintenance and operational costs of the
organization.
(6)
(a) "Educational service" means an in-depth
instructional workshop, demonstration, presentation, performance, residency,
tour, exhibit, teacher professional development, side-by-side mentoring, or
hands-on activity that:
(i) relates to an arts
core standard;
(ii) except as
provided in Subsection (6)(b), takes place in a public school, charter school,
professional venue, or a facility;
(b) "Educational service" may include a
distance experience that is provided from a remote location, or that take place
outside of the regular school day, if done in addition to the requirements of
Subsection (6)(a).
(7)
"Educational soundness" means an educational service that:
(a) is designed for the community and grade
level being served, including a suggested preparatory activity and a follow-up
activity that are relevant to a core standard;
(b) features literal interaction of a student
or teacher with an artist;
(c)
focuses on a specific core standard; and
(d) shows continuous improvement guided by
analysis of an evaluative tool.
(8) "Fiscal agent" means a city that:
(a) is designated by an organization as
described in Subsection
R277-444-4(5);
and
(b) acts on behalf of an
organization to perform financial or compliance duties.
(9) "Hands-on activity" means an activity
that includes active involvement of a student with an artist or scientist,
ideally with material provided by the organization.
(10) "Organization" means:
(a) a nonprofit corporation organized under:
(i) Title 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised
Nonprofit Corporation Act; or
(ii)
Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code; and
(b) an arts organization.
(11) "Procedural efficiency" means
the organization delivers the educational service at the lowest cost
possible.
(12) "Professional
excellence" means the organization:
(a) has
been juried or reviewed, based on criteria for artistic or scientific
excellence, by a panel of recognized and qualified critics in the appropriate
discipline;
(b) has received a
recognition of excellence through an award, a prize, a grant, a commission, or
an invitation to participate in a recognized series of presentations in a
well-known venue;
(c) includes a
recognized and qualified professional in the appropriate discipline who has
created an artistic project or composition specifically for the organization to
present; or
(d) any combination of
criteria described in Subsections (13)(a) through (c).
(13) "Professional outreach programs in the
schools program" or "POPS program" means a program described in Section
R277-444-7 for which an arts
organization may apply to receive money appropriated by the state.
(14)
(a)
"Program" means the system through which the Board grants money appropriated by
the state to an organization to enable the organization to provide its
expertise and resources through an educational service in the teaching of a
core standard.
(b) "Program"
includes:
(i) the provisional
program;
(ii) the POPS program;
and
(iii) the Subsidy
program.
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