Utah Admin. Code R277-708-3 - Allocation of Enhancement for At-Risk Student Funds
(1) The Superintendent shall base an LEA's
allocation on the certified data from the UTREx System using the most recent
school year for which data is complete and available.
(2) The Superintendent shall use the
following funding formula to determine an LEA base to distribute to LEAs:
(a) the Superintendent shall annually
calculate 4% of the state appropriation of the Enhancement for At-Risk Students
funding available for LEA grants to provide a base amount to LEAs.
(b) The Superintendent shall divide the base
amount described in Subsection (2)(a) equally among all eligible
LEAs.
(3) The
Superintendent shall annually calculate 20% of the state appropriation of the
Enhancement for At-Risk Students on a per school basis to provide a targeted
amount to LEAs with traditional elementary schools, secondary schools, and
alternative high schools with at least 75% poverty .
(4)
(a)
Subject to Subsection (4)(b), the Superintendent shall award remaining funds to
an LEA based on the LEA's number of students who meet any of the following
criteria:
(i) low performance on a Board
approved assessment;
(ii)
poverty ;
(iii) mobility ;
(iv) limited English Proficiency ;
(v) chronic absenteeism ; and
(vi) homelessness .
(b) When counting the number of students
within an LEA who meet the criteria described in Subsection (4)(a), the
Superintendent shall:
(i) for a student who
meets one criterion, count the student once; and
(ii) for a student who meets more than one
criterion, count the student for each criterion the student meets, up to three
criteria.
(5)
The Superintendent shall notify an LEA that qualifies for funding of the LEA's
level of funding annually by May 1.
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