Utah Admin. Code R277-801-2 - Definitions

(1) "504 plan" means a plan required by Section 504, which is designed to accommodate an individual who has been determined, as a result of an evaluation, to have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
(2)
(a) "Intensive services" means services requiring vision, deaf-blind, or hearing services:
(i) in excess of 180 minutes a day for k-12 or post-high school students; or
(ii) in excess of 90 minutes a day for pre-school students.
(b) "Intensive services" does not include services that are not vision, deaf-blind, or hearing specific.
(3) "Intervener" means a specially trained paraprofessional who provides access to information and communication and facilitates the development of social and emotional well-being for children who are deaf-blind.
(4) "Medicaid time study" means the primary mechanism for identifying and categorizing Medicaid administrative activities performed by an LEA's staff, which serves as the basis for developing claims for the costs of administrative activities that may be properly reimbursed under Medicaid.
(5) "Minimum school program" or "MSP" means the same as that terms is defined in Section 53F-2-102.
(6) "Qualifying student" means a student who is deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind who qualifies for services in accordance with Subsection 53E-8-401(1).
(7) "Section 504" means Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, codified at 29 USC 701, et seq.
(8) "Utah eTranscript and Record Exchange" or "UTREx" means a system that allows individual detailed student records to be exchanged electronically among LEAs and the Board, and allows electronic transcripts to be sent to any post-secondary institution, private or public, in-state or out-of-state, that participates in the e-transcript service.
(9) "Weighted pupil unit" or "WPU" means the basic per pupil unit used to calculate the amount of state funds for which a school district is eligible.

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R277-801-2
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-7, effective 3/14/2017 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-20, effective 9/21/2017 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-13, effective 6/7/2018 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-11, effective 5/23/2022 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2025-12, effective 6/9/2025

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