Utah Admin. Code R277-927-3 - Program Requirements and Board Distribution of Program Money
(1)
(a) The
Superintendent shall distribute an LEA's annual program allocation, in equal
payment amounts, to an LEA once the LEA submits the LEA's student success
framework through the Board's grant management system.
(b) If an LEA amends the LEA's student
success framework, the LEA shall submit the amended student success framework
through the Board's grant management system.
(2) If the LEA previously submitted a student
success framework, before the LEA receives the LEA's annual program allocation,
the LEA shall submit annual assurances in accordance with the requirements of
Rule R277-108.
(3) If an LEA fails
to submit the LEA's student success framework as described in Subsection (1) or
annual assurances described in Subsection (2) to the Superintendent:
(a) the LEA may not receive a program
allocation for that fiscal year; and
(b) the undistributed balance will be
included with the new year appropriation and distributed in the following
fiscal year according to the formula described in Subsection
53F-2-416(3).
(4) For purposes of calculating the formula
described in Subsection
53F-2-416(3),
"weighted pupil units" means:
(a) for an
existing LEA:
(i) the weighted pupil units for
the prior year for the minimum school basic program; minus
(ii) the weighted pupil units allocated for
foreign exchange students; and
(b) for a new LEA or a charter school opening
a new satellite campus:
(i) the weighted
pupil units based on the LEA's projected enrollment for the current year for
the minimum school basic program; minus
(ii) the weighted pupil units allocated for
foreign exchange students; and
(c) for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and
Blind, the prior year October 1 headcount multiplied by
two.
(5) For a new LEA or
a charter school opening a new satellite campus during the second year of
operation, the Superintendent shall increase or decrease the LEA's first year
distribution of funds to reflect the LEA's actual first year October 1
counts.
(6) For purposes of
determining whether a school district in a county of the first, second, or
third class has an approved board local levy for the maximum amount allowed for
the purposes described in Subsection
53G-7-1304(2)(c)(i)(A),
the school district meets the property tax requirements of Subsection
53G-7-1304(2)(a)(i)
if in the applicable fiscal year:
(a) the
school district's rate imposed for the board local levy is equal to the maximum
amount allowed under Section
53F-8-302; or
(b)
(i)
the school district's board local levy rate meets or exceeds an amount equal to
the certified board local levy rate; and
(ii) the school district's board local levy
rate equaled the maximum amount allowed under Section 53F-8-302 sometime within
the prior five fiscal years.
(7) For purposes of determining whether a
school district in a county of the first, second, or third class increased the
school district's board local levy by at least .0001 per dollar of taxable
value as described in Subsection
53G-7-1304(2)(c)(i)(B),
a school district that does not meet the property tax requirements of
Subsection (6), the school district meets the requirements of Subsection
53G-7-1304(2)(c)(i)(B)
if the school district's board local levy rate for the current fiscal year is
at least .0001 per dollar of taxable value more than the school district's
board local levy rate imposed in the prior fiscal year.
(8) The Superintendent shall determine the
state average teacher salary using the most recent Superintendent's Annual
Report of Average Teacher Salaries.
(9) For a new LEA in the new LEA's first or
second year of operation, the new LEA's average teacher salary is equal to the
state average teacher salary.
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