Utah Admin. Code R277-477-1 - Authority, Purpose, and Oversight Category
(1) This rule is authorized by:
(a) Utah Constitution Article X, Section 3,
which vests general control and supervision over public education in the
Board;
(b) Subsection
53F-2-404(2)(d),
which allows the Board to adopt rules regarding the time and manner in which a
student count shall be made for allocation of funds; and
(c) Subsection
53E-3-401(4),
which allows the Board to make rules to execute the Board's duties and
responsibilities under the Utah Constitution and state law.
(2) In accordance with Section
53D-2-202, through representation
on the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Committee, the Board exercises trust
oversight of:
(a) the Common School
Trust;
(b) the School for the Deaf
Trust; and
(c) the School for the
Blind Trust.
(3) The
Board implements the School LAND Trust program and provides oversight, support,
and training for school community councils and Charter Trust Land Councils
consistent with Section
53G-7-1206, Rule R277-491, and
this Rule R277-477.
(4) The purpose
of this rule is to:
(a) provide financial
resources to a public school to implement a component of a school's Teacher and
Student Success Plan to enhance and improve student academic
achievement;
(b) provide a means to
involve a parent of a school's student in decision-making regarding the
expenditure of School LAND Trust program funds allocated to the
school;
(c) provide direction in
the distribution of funds from the Trust Distribution Account, as funded in
Section 53F-2-404;
(d) provide for appropriate and adequate
oversight of the expenditure and use of funds by an approving entity, school
administration, and the Board;
(e)
provide for proper allocation of funds as stated in Section 53F-2-404, and the
appropriate and timely distribution of the funds;
(f) enforce compliance with statutory and
rule requirements, including the responsibility for a school community council
to notify school community members regarding the use of funds; and
(g) define the roles, duties, and
responsibilities of the Superintendent with regards to the School Children's
Trust.
(5) This Rule
R277-477 is categorized as Category 4 as described in Rule R277-111.
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