Utah Admin. Code R277-477-3 - Program Requirements for Charter Schools
(1) A charter school that elects to receive
School LAND Trust funds shall have a charter trust land council consistent with
Section 53G-7-1205.
(2) A Charter Board and a Charter Trust Lands
Council shall receive training about Section
53G-7-1206 and this
rule.
(3) A charter governing board
that is not the charter trust land council shall establish a process for the
election of the charter trust land council that includes:
(a) the number of parent or grandparent
members, the number of 'other members', and the definition of each 'other
member' to be elected to serve on the council;
(b) the terms of each position;
(c) a timeframe for the election;
(d) a process for noticing and conducting the
election of council members elected by parents of students enrolled at the
charter school consistent with Section
R277-477-2; and
(e) the process for filling unfilled seats
following an election or when a member resigns.
(4) In the election process, if the number of
candidates who file for a position on a charter trust land council is less than
or equal to the number of open positions, an election is not required.
(5) A charter trust land council
that is not a charter governing board shall:
(a) be subject to Section
53G-7-1203;
(b) have parent or grandparent members
elected by parents of students attending the charter school; and
(c) post the following items on the school's
website by October 20 annually:
(i) an
invitation to parents to serve on the Charter Trust Land Council;
(ii) the election process to establish a
Charter Trust Land Council consistent with this section;
(iii) the dollar amount the school receives
each year from the School LAND Trust program;
(iv) a copy or link to the current Teacher
and Student Success Plan;
(v)
approved minutes of Charter Trust Land Council meetings for at least a
year;
(vi) the proposed council
meetings scheduled for the school year;
(vii) a means to contact the members of the
school's Charter Trust Land Council directly;
(viii) a link or copy of the final reports of
the school for the last two years, as required by Subsection
53G-7-1206(5);
and
(ix) a link or copy of the
school plan for the current year.
(6) The principal of a charter school that
elects to receive School LAND Trust funds shall submit a plan, approved by the
school's governing board, and the charter school budget officer on the School
LAND Trust website:
(a) no later than May 1;
or
(b) for a newly opening charter
school, no later than November 1 in the school's first year to receive funding
in the year the newly opening charter school opens.
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