Utah Code R277-609-2 - Definitions
(1)
(a)
"Accountability Practice" means any evidence-based practice that increases
academic outcomes, decreases behavior that disrupts the learning environment
and holds students accountable for their actions by requiring them to take
responsibility to repair harm and provide restitution when
appropriate.
(b) Some practices
include adapting instruction to increase engagement, behavior plans, and
restorative practices.
(2) "Classroom management" means the use of
planned strategies that:
(a) establish an
organized and successful learning environment;
(b) promote academic excellence;
(c) teach behavioral, social, and emotional
(BSE) skills to all students; and
(d) prevent a pattern of behavior that
interferes substantially and materially with the instruction of other students
in the classroom.
(3)
"Discipline" means school discipline and refers to the rules and evidence-based
strategies applied in school to manage student behavior.
(4) Discipline policy means one or more LEA
policies that includes the provisions required by this Rule R277-609.
(5) "Electronic cigarette product" has the
same meaning as that term is defined in Section 76-10-101.
(6) "Emergency safety intervention" or "ESI"
means the same as described in Section R277-608-2.
(7) "Evidence-based" means the same as
defined in Section 53G-8-211.
(8)
"Expulsion" means a disciplinary removal from school for more than ten school
days without an offer of alternative education service.
(9) "Harassment and discrimination free
learning" means a learning environment in which a student is treated fairly
regardless of the student's characteristics including race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, or disability and in which a student's ability to
participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities
offered is not limited or interfered with by conduct that is physically
threatening, harmful, or humiliating.
(10) "Incident" means the same as defined in
Rule R277-613.
(11) "Infraction"
means the same as defined in Rule R277-613.
(12) "LEA" includes, for purposes of this
rule, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
(13) "LEA Plan" means a data-driven written
process or procedure that outlines the implementation of strategies that
positively impact student behavior throughout the LEA.
(14) "Positive behavior interventions and
support" means an implementation framework for maximizing the selection and use
of evidence-based prevention practices along a multi-tiered continuum that
supports the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral competence of a
student.
(15) "Program" means an
instructional or behavioral program including:
(a) contracted services offered by private
providers under the direct supervision of public school staff;
(b) a program that receives public funding;
or
(c) a program for which the
Board has regulatory authority.
(16) "Prohibited student behavior" for the
purposes of this rule includes:
(a) the
grounds for suspension or expulsion described in Section 53G-8-205 including
disruption; and
(b) the conduct
described in Subsection 53G-8-209(2)(b).
(17) "Qualifying minor" means a school-age
minor who:
(a) is at least nine years old;
or
(b) turns nine years old at any
time during the school year.
(18) "Restorative justice program" means the
same as that term is defined in Section 53G-8-211.
(19) "Restorative practice" means to help
minors take responsibility for and repair harmful behavior that occurs within
the school community.
(20) "School
employee" means:
(a) a school
teacher;
(b) a school staff
member;
(c) a school administrator;
or
(d) any other person employed,
directly or indirectly, by an LEA.
(21) "Suspension" means the same as defined
in Section R277-100-2 and as described in Section 53G-8-206.
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