Utah Admin. Code R277-479-2 - Definitions
(1) "Base" means prior year special education
add-on WPU.
(2) "Charter school"
means a school authorized by a charter school authorizer under Sections
53G-5-304 through
53G-5-306.
(3) "Charter school authorizer" or
"authorizer" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Subsection
53G-5-102(3).
(4) "Common Data Committee" or "CDC" means a
group comprised of representatives of Board staff, the Legislative Fiscal
Analyst's Office, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, and the Utah
State Tax Commission, that reports to the Legislature with:
(a) estimates of the growth of students in
Utah schools and how much it will cost to fund those students; and
(b) estimates of the tax dollars the state
will receive for education.
(5) "Estimated enrollment" means the
enrollment projections done by the CDC as approved by the Superintendent and
used for legislative projections.
(6) "Expanding charter school" means a "large
expansion" or new "satellite school" as described in Rule R277-550.
(7) "Foundation" means the average of
self-contained and resource special education students average daily membership
over the previous five years.
(8)
"Negative growth adjustment" means prior year special education add-on WPU
minus weighted negative growth.
(9)
"New charter school" means a charter school with less than five years of
operation.
(10) "Positive growth
adjustment" means prior year special education add-on WPU plus weighted
growth.
(11) "Prevalence rate"
means the percentage of students with disabilities within the total student
enrollment.
(12) "Special
education" means specially designed instruction and related services to meet
the unique needs of a student with a disability in accordance with Rule
R277-750.
(13) "Student with a
disability" means a student, evaluated in accordance with Utah State Board of
Education Special Education Rules, and determined to be eligible for special
education and related services.
(14) "Total enrollment" means the total
number of students enrolled in all campuses of a school as of the October 1
UTREx update.
(15) "Utah
eTranscript and Record Exchange" or "UTREx" means a system that allows:
(a) individual detailed student records to be
exchanged electronically among public education LEAs and the Superintendent;
and
(b) electronic transcripts to
be sent to any post-secondary institution that participates in the e-transcript
service.
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