Utah Admin. Code R277-920-2 - Definitions
(1) "Appeal committee" means the committee
established by Section
R277-920-6.
(2) "Baseline performance" means the
percentage of possible points earned by a school through the school
accountability system in the year the school was identified as a springboard
school.
(3) "Committee" means a
school improvement committee established in accordance with Subsection
53E-5-303(1) or
53E-5-304(4).
(4) "Continuous improvement expert" means the
same as that term is defined in Section
53E-5-301.
(5) "Elevate school" means the same as that
term is defined in Section 53E-5-301.
(6) "High performing charter school" means
the same as that term is defined in Section
53E-5-306.
(7) "Non-Title I school" means a school that
does not receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, Title I, 20 U.S.C.
Sec. 6301 et seq.
(8) "School improvement grant" means a Title
I grant under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
20 U.S.C. Sec.
6303(g).
(9) "School in critical needs status" means a
school that is a:
(a) high school with a
four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of less than or equal to 67% for
three school years on average;
(b)
Title I school that does not exit targeted needs status; or
(c) Title I school that:
(i) has not been identified as a school
meeting the definition of Subsection (9)(a), (9)(b), or (14); and
(ii) performed in the lowest 5% of Title I
schools over the past three years on average according to the percentage of
points earned under the school accountability system.
(10) "School in targeted
needs status" means a school that is identified as a targeted support and
improvement school with one or more student groups as described in Section
R277-920-5.
(11) "School leader" means the same as that
term is defined in Section
53E-5-309.
(12) "School improvement plan" means a school
improvement plan described in Section
R277-920-8.
(13) "School improvement program" means the
school improvement and leadership development program described in Title 53E,
Chapter 5, Part 3, School Improvement and Leadership Development.
(14) "Springboard school" means the same as
that term is defined in Section
53E-5-301.
(15) "State review panel" means a state
review panel appointed by the Superintendent that includes at least three
members who each have demonstrated expertise in two or more of the following
fields:
(a) leadership at the school district
or school level;
(b)
standards-based elementary or secondary curriculum instruction and
assessment;
(c) instructional data
management and analysis;
(d)
educational program evaluation;
(e)
educational program management;
(f)
teacher leadership;
(g) change
management;
(h) organizational
management; or
(i) school budgeting
and finance.
(16) "Title
I school" means a school that receives funds under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, Title I,
20 U.S.C. Sec.
6301 et seq.
(17) "ESSA state plan" means the Revised
State Template for the Consolidated State Plan: The Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, Every Student Succeeds Act incorporated by reference in
Section R277-920-3.
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