Title 53F, Public Education System -- Funding

53F-5-201. Grants for online delivery of statewide assessments. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Adaptive tests" means tests administered during the school year using an online adaptive test system. (b) "Core standards for Utah public schools" means the standards established by …

53F-5-204. Initiative to strengthen college and career readiness. (1) As used in this section: (a) "College and career counseling" means: (i) nurturing college and career aspirations; (ii) assisting students in planning an academic program that connects to college and career goal…

53F-5-205. Paraeducator to Teacher Scholarship Program -- Grants for math teacher training programs. (1)(a) The terms defined in Section 53E-6-102 apply to this section. (b) As used in this section, "paraeducator" means a school employee who: (i) delivers instruction under the di…

53F-5-215. Elementary teacher preparation assessment grant. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Educator preparation program" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-6-302. (b) "License" means a license that: (i) is described in Section 53E-6-102; and (ii) qualifies a…

53F-5-217. Grants for new and aspiring principals. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Aspiring principal" means an educator who is: (i) employed by an LEA; and (ii) pursuing a school leadership license or license area of concentration through enrollment in a state board approved s…

53F-5-218. Grow Your Own Educator Pipeline Program. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Paraprofessional" means an individual who: (i) works with students in an LEA as a paraprofessional or in a similar teaching assistant position; and (ii) is not licensed to teach. (b) "Program" m…

53F-5-220. School Safety and Support Grant Program -- Rulemaking. (1) In accordance with the results of the school safety needs assessment described in Section 53G-8-701.5 and based on recommendations from the School Security Task Force grant subcommittee described in Subsection …

53F-5-221. Management of energy and water use pilot program. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Energy" means natural gas or electricity. (b) "Great Salt Lake watershed" means the drainage area for the Great Salt Lake, the Bear River watershed, the Jordan River watershed, the Utah…

53F-5-222. Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Master teacher" means a classroom teacher who has been approved by the teacher's administrator for an eligible initiative described in Subsection (6). (b) "Mentoring a…

53F-5-223. Stipends for Future Educators Grant Program. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Eligible student teacher" means a student teacher who: (i) is enrolled in an educator preparation program that leads to a professional level educator license, regardless of whether the stude…

53F-5-224. Applied Professional Education Experience Grant Program. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Advisory board" means a group of individuals, which may include industry, postsecondary, and community representatives, that reviews program direction and ensures alignment with …

53F-5-225. Gold Medal Schools Pilot Program. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Eligible school" means a district or charter elementary school that: (i) provides instruction to students in kindergarten or grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; and (ii) is located in a county of the third, fou…

53F-5-226. Dyslexia Screening Pilot Program. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Dyslexia" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-4-307. (b) "Program" means the Dyslexia Screening Pilot Program created in Subsection (2). (c) "Rural elementary school" means a public e…

53F-5-401. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Eligible elementary school" or "eligible junior high school" means a district school or charter school that has at least 50% of the school's students with a family income at or below 185% of the federal poverty level. (2) "Eligib…

53F-5-402. Partnerships for Student Success Grant Program established. (1) There is created the Partnerships for Student Success Grant Program to improve educational outcomes for low income students through the formation of cross sector partnerships that use data to align and imp…

53F-5-403. Matching funds -- Grantee requirements. (1)(a) The state board may not award a grant to an eligible partnership unless the eligible partnership provides matching funds equal to two times the amount of the grant. (b) The state board shall ensure that at least half of th…

53F-5-404. Technical assistance. (1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, the state board shall identify two or more technical assistance providers that a partnership may select from to assist the partnership in: (a) establishing shared goals, outcomes…

53F-5-405. Evaluation -- Reporting. (1) The state board shall annually evaluate a partnership that receives a grant under this part. (2) The evaluation described in Subsection (1) shall: (a) assess implementation of a partnership, including the extent to which members of a partne…

53F-5-406. Rules. In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board shall make rules to administer the Partnerships for Student Success Grant Program in accordance with this part.

53F-5-501. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Blended learning" means a formal education program in which a student learns: (a) at least in part, through online learning with some element of student control over time, place, path, and pace; (b) at least in part, in a supervi…

53F-5-502. Personalized Competency-Based Learning Grants Program -- State board duties -- Review committee -- Technical assistance training. (1) There is created the Personalized Competency-Based Learning Grants Program consisting of the grants created in this part to improve edu…

53F-5-503. Planning grants -- Requirements. (1)(a) The state board shall, subject to legislative appropriations, award a planning grant to an LEA: (i) that submits a planning grant application that meets the requirements established by the state board, subject to Subsection (2); …

53F-5-504. Implementation grants -- Requirements. (1)(a) The state board shall, subject to legislative appropriations, award an implementation grant to, subject to Subsection (1)(c), an LEA: (i) that submits an implementation grant application that meets the requirements establis…

53F-5-505. Expansion grants -- Requirements. (1)(a) The state board shall, subject to legislative appropriations and to expand an existing LEA program schoolwide or districtwide, award a grant to, subject to Subsection (1)(c), an LEA: (i) that submits an expansion grant applicati…

53F-5-506. Waiver from state board rule -- State board recommended statutory changes. (1) An LEA may apply to the state board in a grant application submitted under this part for a waiver of a state board rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rule…

53F-5-507. Cooperation of institutions of higher education -- Transferring students not to be penalized. (1) An institution of higher education: (a) shall, for purposes of admission, scholarships, and other financial aid consideration, recognize and accept on equal footing as a t…

53F-5-601. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "American Indian and Alaska Native concentrated school" means a school where at least 29% of the school's students are American Indian or Alaska Native. (2) "Native American Legislative Liaison Committee" means the committee creat…

53F-5-602. Program created. (1)(a) In addition to the state plan, beginning with fiscal year 2020-2021, there is created a program administered by the state board to provide grants targeted to address the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students. (b) The program shall …

53F-5-603. Grant program to school districts and charter schools. (1) From money appropriated to the grant program, the state board shall distribute grant money on a competitive basis to a school district or charter school that applies for a grant and: (a)(i) has within the schoo…

53F-5-604. Liaison -- Reporting -- Meeting. (1) Subject to budget constraints, the superintendent of public instruction appointed under Section 53E-3-301 shall appoint an individual as the American Indian-Alaska Native Public Education Liaison. (2) The liaison shall: (a) work und…

53F-5-605. American Indian and Alaska Native education state plan. (1) By no later than January 1, 2027, the state board shall adopt, by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, an American Indian and Alaska Native education state pla…

53F-6-102. Definitions. Reserved

53F-6-401. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Contract administrator" means the state board's appointed Deputy Superintendent of Operations that ensures the program manager or financial administrator meets contractual obligations. (2) "Contract oversight and compliance" mean…

53F-6-402. Utah Fits All Scholarship Program -- Scholarship account application -- Scholarship expenses -- Program information. (1) Subject to Section 53F-6-415.5, there is established the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program under which a parent may apply to establish and maintain …

53F-6-403. Qualifying providers. (1) Before the beginning of the school year immediately following a school year in which a qualifying provider receives scholarship funds equal to or more than $500,000, the qualifying provider shall file with the program manager a surety bond pay…

53F-6-404. State board procurement -- Failure to comply. (1)(a) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, the state board shall issue requests for proposals for entities to perform duties and functions necessary for program operations. (b) An organization t…

53F-6-405. Program manager duties -- Audit -- Prohibitions. (1) The program manager shall: (a) administer the program, including: (i) maintaining an application website that includes information on enrollment, relevant application dates, and dates for notification of acceptance; …

53F-6-405.5. Financial administrator duties and requirements. (1) The financial administrator shall: (a) operate independently in processing and distributing scholarship funds while: (i) following program requirements the program manager establishes; (ii) implementing payment dir…

53F-6-406. Qualifying provider regulatory autonomy -- Home school autonomy -- Student records -- Scholarship student status. (1) Nothing in this part: (a) except as expressly described in this part, grants additional authority to any state agency or LEA to regulate or control: (i…

53F-6-407. Background checks for program manager -- Bureau responsibilities -- Fees. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Criminal Identification created in Section 53-10-201 within the Department of Public Safety. (b) "Department" means the Department of…

53F-6-408. Eligible schools. (1) To be eligible to receive scholarship funds on behalf of a scholarship student as an eligible school, a private school with 150 or more enrolled students shall: (a) submit to the program manager verification that the private school has obtained: (…

53F-6-409. Eligible service providers. (1) To be an eligible service provider, a private program or service: (a) shall provide to the program manager and financial administrator: (i) a federal employer identification number; (ii) the provider's address and contact information; (i…

53F-6-410. Parental rights -- Optional assessment. (1) In accordance with Section 53G-6-803 regarding a parent's right to academic accommodations, nothing in this chapter restricts or affects a parent's interests and role in the care, custody, and control of the parent's child, i…

53F-6-411. Program funding. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (7), if a scholarship student enters or reenters the public education system during a given school year: (a) no later than five business days after the day on which the student enters or reenters the public educatio…

53F-6-412. Reports. In accordance with Section 68-3-14 and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g, the program manager shall submit a report on the program to the Education Interim Committee no later than September 1 of each year that includes: (1) th…

53F-6-413. Legal proceedings. (1) In any legal proceeding against the state in which a qualifying provider challenges the application of this part to the qualifying provider, the state shall bear the burden of establishing that the law: (a) is necessary; and (b) does not impose a…