Utah Admin. Code R277-550-2 - Definitions
(1) "Amendment" means a change or addition to
a charter agreement.
(2)
"Authorizer" means an entity approved to authorize the establishment of a
charter school under Sections
53G-5-304 through
53G-5-306.
(3) "Charter school" means a public school
created in accordance with the provisions of Title 53G, Chapter 5, Charter
Schools.
(4)
(a) "Charter school agreement" or "Charter
agreement" means a written agreement between a charter school and its
authorizer containing the terms and conditions for the operation of a charter
school.
(b) The charter school
agreement maintained by a charter school's authorizer is the final, official,
and complete agreement.
(5) "Charter school deficiency" means:
(a) failure of a charter school to comply
with its charter agreement, including governance, financial, academic, or
operational obligations;
(b)
failure of a charter school to comply with the requirements of state or federal
law or board rule;
(c) failure of a
charter school to meet terms established by the school's authorizer as part of
a remediation process; or
(d) fraud
or misuse of funds by charter school governing board members or
employees.
(6) "Charter
school governing board" means the local board that governs a charter
school.
(7) "Expansion" means:
(a) an increase in the number of grade levels
offered by a charter school identified by a single school number; or
(b) an increase in the number of students for
which a charter school identified by a single school number is authorized to
receive funding.
(8)
"Large expansion" means a charter school's request for expansion if the
expansion request:
(a) is for more than 100
students;
(b) would necessitate
significant school remodel; or
(c)
is for more than one additional grade level.
(9) "Market analysis" means a qualitative and
quantitative analysis of the educational market near a proposed charter school,
including:
(a) the school's target
demographics;
(b) population and
development trends in the area;
(c)
nearby competing public schools;
(d) the proposed school's own forecasts,
along with supporting data; and
(e)
any risks, barriers, or regulations that may impact a proposed school's
success.
(10) "Mentor"
means an individual or organization with expertise or demonstrated competence,
approved by the State Charter School Board to advise charter schools in the
Mentoring Program.
(11) "Mentoring
program" means the State Charter School Board mentoring program.
(12) "New school" means any school receiving
a new school number, including a new charter school, or a new satellite
school.
(13) "Net lease adjusted
debt burden ratio" means a school's cumulative annual debt service payments,
inclusive of loans and facility lease payments, divided by the school's
unrestricted annual operating revenue.
(14) "Non-operating charter school" means a
charter school that has not received minimum school program funds or federal
funds and is not providing educational services during a fiscal year, such as a
charter school in a start-up period.
(15) "Operating charter school" means a
charter school that has received minimum school program funds or federal funds
and is providing educational services during a fiscal year.
(16) "Probation" means a written formal
action and notification through which a school is required to demonstrate the
school's compliance with the authorizer's probationary requirements.
(17) "Restricted revenue" means the same as
the term is defined in Section
63J-1-102.
(18) "Satellite school" means a charter
school affiliated with an existing charter school physically located within
Utah that:
(a) has the same governing board as
the existing charter school;
(b)
has the same authorizer as the existing charter school;
(c) may have a similar or different program
of instruction or grades served from the existing charter school;
(d) is located at a different site or in a
different geographical area than the existing charter school; and
(e) has a separate school number than the
existing charter school.
(19) "School number" means a number assigned
by the Superintendent in accordance with National Center for Education
Statistics criteria that identifies a distinct school within an LEA.
(20) "Significant school remodel" means new
construction or a renovation that requires a project number from the Board as
described in Rule R277-471.
(21)
"Small expansion" means a charter school's request for expansion if the
expansion request:
(a) is for 50-100
students;
(b) would not necessitate
a significant school remodel; and
(c) is for no more than one additional
grade.
(22) "State
Charter School Board" means the board established in Section
53G-5-201.
(23) "Unrestricted revenue" means revenue
that is:
(a) not restricted revenue;
or
(b) restricted revenue that may
be used for purposes of paying for annual debt service payments, including
loans and facility lease payments.
(24) "Utah Consolidated Application" or "UCA"
means the web-based grants management tool employed by the Superintendent
through which LEAs submit plans and budgets for approval by the Superintendent
or Board.
(25) "Utah eTranscript
and Record Exchange" or "UTREx" has the same meaning as described in Subsection
R277-484-2(17).
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