Utah Admin. Code R277-700-5 - Middle School Education Requirements
(1) The Core Standards and a General Core for
middle school students are described in this section.
(2) A student in grades 7-8 shall complete
the courses described in Subsection (3) to be properly prepared for instruction
in grades 9-12.
(3) The following
are the Grades 7-8 General Core Requirements:
(a) Grade 7 Language Arts;
(b) Grade 8 Language Arts;
(c) Grade 7 Mathematics;
(d) Grade 8 Mathematics;
(e) Grade 7 Integrated Science;
(f) Grade 8 Integrated Science;
(g) United States History;
(h) Utah History; and
(i) at least one course in each of the
following in grades 7 or 8:
(A) Health
Education;
(B) College and Career
Awareness;
(C) Digital
Literacy;
(D) the Arts;
and
(E) Physical
Education.
(5)
An LEA shall use Board-approved summative adaptive assessments to assess
student mastery of the following:
(a)
language arts;
(b)
mathematics;
(c) science;
and
(d) writing in grade
8.
(6) At the discretion
of the LEA board, an LEA board may:
(a) offer
additional elective courses;
(b)
require a student to complete additional courses; or
(c) set minimum credit
requirements.
(7) Upon
parental or student request, an LEA may, with parental consent, substitute a
course requirement described in Subsection (3) with a course, extracurricular
activity, or experience that is:
(a) similar
to the course requirement; or
(b)
consistent with the student's plan for college and career
readiness.
(8)
(a) An LEA shall establish a policy governing
the substitution of a course requirement as described in Subsection
(7).
(b) An LEA's policy described
in Subsection (8)(a) shall include a process for a parent to appeal an LEA's
denial of a request for a substitution described in Subsection (7) to the LEA
board or the LEA board designee.
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