Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1)
Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, a public school may not be a member
of, or pay dues to an association that adopts rules or policies that are
inconsistent with this R277-409-3.
(2) An association shall permit the Board to
audit the association's:
(a) financial
statements; and
(b) compliance with
Utah Code, Board rule, and the association's bylaws, policies, rules, and best
practices.
(3) An
association may not treat similarly situated schools differently in the
association's designation of division classifications, or in applying other
association policies, based solely on the school's status as a charter school
or district public school.
(4) An
association may sanction a school, coach, or individual who oversees or works
with students as part of an interscholastic activity of a public school if the
association finds that the coach or individual:
(a) engaged in recruiting activities;
or
(b) violated any other rule or
policy of the association.
(5) An association shall establish a policy
or rule to govern the association's use of student data that complies with the
student data privacy requirements of:
(a)
FERPA;
(b) Title 53E, Chapter 9,
Part 3, Student Data Protection Act;
(c) Title 53E, Chapter 9, Part 2, Utah Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act; and
(d) R277-484.
(6) An association shall establish policies
or rules that require:
(a) coaches and
individuals who oversee interscholastic activities or work with students as
part of an interscholastic activity to meet a set of professional standards
that are consistent with the Utah Educator Professional Standards described in
Rule R277-217; and
(b) the
association or public school to annually train each coach or other individual
who oversees or works with students as part of an interscholastic activity of a
public school on the following:
(i) child
sexual abuse prevention as described in Section
53G-9-207;
(ii) the prevention of bullying,
cyber-bullying, hazing, harassment, and retaliation as described in:
(A) Title 53G, Chapter 9, Part 6, Bullying
and Hazing; and
(B) R277-613;
and
(iii) the
professional standards described in Subsection (6)(a).
(7) An association shall establish
procedures and mechanisms to:
(a) monitor LEA
compliance with the association's training requirements described in Subsection
(6);
(b) sanction individuals who
violate the association's professional standards described in Subsection
(6)(a);
(c) track individuals who
violate the association's standards described in Subsection (6)(a);
and
(d) prohibit individuals who
have violated the association's standards described in Subsection (6)(a),
including sex offenders, from coaching, managing, overseeing, training, or
working with students as part of an interscholastic activity.
(8) An association shall establish
a policy or rule that requires the association to follow requirements similar
to the requirements of:
(a) Title 52, Chapter
4, Open and Public Meetings Act; and
(b) Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records
Access and Management Act.
