Title 53E, Title 53E: Public Education System -- State Administration

53E-8-204. Authority of the state board -- Rulemaking -- Superintendent -- Advisory council. (1) The state board is the governing board of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. The state board shall, as the state board determines necessary, establish committees, policies, …

53E-8-205. Capital facilities. (1) The state board has responsibility, in coordination with the Division of Facilities Construction and Management, for the long-term planning, development, and oversight of capital facilities for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. (2) Th…

53E-8-206. Advisory council. (1) The following individuals comprise the advisory council of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind: the following members whom the state board appoints: two members who are blind; two members who are deaf; two members who are deafblind or pare…

53E-8-207. Student count -- Data -- Reporting. (1) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall: on October 1 of each year, determine the number of students: for whom the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind serves as the student's designated LEA under Subsection, further…

53E-8-301. Educators exempt from Division of Human Resource Management rules -- Collective bargaining agreement. (1) Educators employed by the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind are exempt from mandatory compliance with rules of the Division of Human Resource Management. (2)…

53E-8-302. Annual salary adjustments for educators. (1) In accordance with Section, the Legislature shall appropriate money to the state board for the salary adjustments described in this section. 53F-7-301 (2) The state board shall include in its annual budget request for the Ut…

53E-8-401. Eligibility for services of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. (1) Except as provided in Subsections, (4), and (5), an individual is eligible to receive services of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind: (3) within the individual's LEA if the individual…

53E-8-402. Entrance policies and procedures. With input from the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, school districts, parents, and the advisory council, the state board shall establish entrance policies and procedures that IEP teams and Section 504 teams are to consider in …

53E-8-403. Educational programs. (1) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall provide an educational program for a student: based on assessments of the student's abilities; and in accordance with the student's IEP or Section 504 accommodation plan. (2) If a student's abi…

53E-8-404. Administration of statewide assessments. The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall annually administer, as applicable, the statewide assessments described in Section, except a student may take an alternative test in accordance with the student's IEP.

53E-8-405. Collaboration with Department of Health and Human Services. The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall collaborate with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide services to children with disabilities who are younger than three years old in accordan…

53E-8-406. Programs for deafblind individuals -- State deafblind education specialist. (1) The state board shall adopt policies and programs for providing appropriate educational services to individuals who are deafblind. (2) Except as provided in Subsection, the state board shal…

53E-8-407. Educational Enrichment Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students -- Enrichment Program for Blind and Visually Impaired Students -- Funding for the programs. (1) As used in this section, "program" means the enrichment programs this section creates. (2) There is esta…

53E-8-408. Educational services for an individual with a hearing loss. (1) Subject to Subsection, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall provide educational services to an individual: (2) who seeks to receive the educational services; and whose results of a test for he…

53E-8-409. Instructional Materials Access Center -- Board to make rules. (1) The state board shall collaborate with the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, school districts, and charter schools in establishing the Utah State Instructional Materials Access Center to provide s…

53E-8-410. School districts to provide space for programs -- Colocation. (1) A school district with students who reside within the school district's boundaries and are served by the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall: make a good faith effort to provide the Utah School…