Utah Admin. Code R277-469-3 - Use of State Funds for Instructional Materials
(1) An LEA may use state funds for any
primary supplemental or supportive instructional materials that support Core
requirements.
(2) An LEA shall
select and approve instructional materials consistent with:
(a) established local board procedures and
timelines;
(b) Utah Code and Board
rule, including Section
53G-2-105 and Section
53G-10-103;
(c) Subsection
53G-10-402(1)(c)(iii);
and
(d) Subsection
53E-4-403(4).
(3) A school or school district
that uses any funding source to purchase materials that have not been
recommended or selected consistent with state law, may have funds withheld to
the extent of the actual costs of those materials pursuant to Subsection
53E-3-401(8)(a)(ii).
(a) An LEA may use free instructional
materials that are used as primary instructional materials or that are part of
primary integrated instructional programs subject to the same independent party
evaluation and Core mapping as basal or Core material.
(b) If an LEA receives free materials, the
LEA may use the materials as student instructional materials only consistent
with the law and this rule.
(4) An LEA shall include a requirement in all
publisher contracts for instructional materials that the publisher shall:
(a) prepare and provide electronic files of
all instructional materials in the NIMAS format to NIMAC on or before delivery
of print instructional materials; or
(b) provide instructional materials that are
produced in, or may be made in, specialized formats; and
(c) provide materials consistent with the
Utah Code and administrative rules.
(5)
(a) An
LEA shall provide timely notice to all publishers with whom the LEA contracts
for instructional materials that all materials shall be provided consistent
with Subsection (4).
(b) An LEA's
notice shall include a copy of this rule.
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