Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-479 - Funding for Charter School Students With Disabilities on an IEP
Section R277-479-2 - Definitions
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) "Base" means prior year special education add-on WPU.
(2) "Charter school" means a school authorized by a charter school authorizer under Sections 53G-5-304 through 53G-5-306.
(3) "Charter school authorizer" or "authorizer" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Subsection 53G-5-102(3).
(4) "Common Data Committee" or "CDC" means a group comprised of representatives of Board staff, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's Office, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, and the Utah State Tax Commission, that reports to the Legislature with:
(5) "Estimated enrollment" means the enrollment projections done by the CDC as approved by the Superintendent and used for legislative projections.
(6) "Foundation" means the average of self-contained and resource special education students average daily membership over the previous five years.
(7) "Negative growth adjustment" means prior year special education add-on WPU minus weighted negative growth.
(8) "New charter school" means a charter school with less than five years of operation.
(9) "Positive growth adjustment" means prior year special education add-on WPU plus weighted growth.
(10) "Prevalence rate" means the percentage of students with disabilities within the total student enrollment.
(11) "Significant expansion" means a substantial increase in the number of students attending a charter school due to a significant event, such as the addition of new grade levels or additions of sites, that is unlikely to occur on a regular basis.
(12) "Special education" means specially designed instruction and related services to meet the unique needs of a student with a disability in accordance with Rule R277-750.
(13) "Student with a disability" means a student, evaluated in accordance with Utah State Board of Education Special Education Rules, and determined to be eligible for special education and related services.
(14) "Total enrollment" means the total number of students enrolled in all campuses of a school as of the October 1 UTREx update.
(15) "Utah eTranscript and Record Exchange" or "UTREx" means a system that allows: