Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-477 - Distributions of Funds from the Trust Distribution Account and Administration of the School LAND Trust Program
Section R277-477-1 - Authority and Purpose
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 277-477-1
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) This rule is authorized by:
(a) Utah
Constitution Article X, Section 3, which vests general control and supervision
over public education in the Board;
(b) Subsection
53F-2-404(2)(d),
which allows the Board to adopt rules regarding the time and manner in which a
student count shall be made for allocation of funds; and
(c) Subsection
53E-3-401(4),
which allows the Board to make rules to execute the Board's duties and
responsibilities under the Utah Constitution and state law.
(2) In accordance with Section 53D-2-202, through representation on the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Committee, the Board exercises trust oversight of:
(a) the Common School
Trust;
(b) the School for the Deaf
Trust; and
(c) the School for the
Blind Trust.
(3) The Board implements the School LAND Trust program and provides oversight, support, and training for school community councils and Charter Trust Land Councils consistent with Section 53G-7-1206, Rule R277-491, and this Rule R277-477.
(4) The purpose of this rule is to:
(a) provide financial
resources to a public school to implement a component of a school's Teacher and
Student Success Plan to enhance and improve student academic
achievement;
(b) provide a means to
involve a parent of a school's student in decision-making regarding the
expenditure of School LAND Trust program funds allocated to the
school;
(c) provide direction in
the distribution of funds from the Trust Distribution Account, as funded in
Section 53F-2-404;
(d) provide for appropriate and adequate
oversight of the expenditure and use of funds by an approving entity, school
administration, and the Board;
(e)
provide for proper allocation of funds as stated in Section 53F-2-404, and the
appropriate and timely distribution of the funds;
(f) enforce compliance with statutory and
rule requirements, including the responsibility for a school community council
to notify school community members regarding the use of funds; and
(g) define the roles, duties, and
responsibilities of the Superintendent with regards to the School Children's
Trust.
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