Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-708 - Enhancement for At-Risk Students Program
Section R277-708-2 - Definitions

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 277-708-2

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1) "At-risk of academic failure" means a k-12 public school student who meets an LEA governing board's approved definition of at-risk of academic failure.

(2) "Available funds" means the total funds appropriated for the Enhancement for At-Risk Students interventions, less funding designated for gang prevention under Subsection 53F-2-410(1)(b)(i).

(3) "Chronic absenteeism" means the number of students within an LEA who:

(a) were enrolled in the LEA 60 calendar days or more; and

(b) missed 10% or more days of instruction, whether the absence was excused or not.

(4) "Homeless child" or "homeless youth" means the same as that term is defined in R277-616-2.

(5) "Homelessness" means the number of students within an LEA identified as homeless youth.

(6) "LEA governing board" means:

(a) a charter school governing board; or

(b) a district's local school board.

(7) "LEA share" means the percentage of k-12 students from an LEA who are at risk of academic failure compared to the total count for the state of Utah from the previous school year.

(8) "Limited English Proficiency" or "LEP" means the total number of English learner or "EL" students in an LEA from the October 1 count from the previous school year who received a score of 1-4 on the English language proficiency assessment.

(9) "Low performance on a statewide assessment" means the unduplicated count of k-12 students from an LEA scoring below proficient in Reading/Language, Math, and Science on a statewide assessment from the previous school year.

(10) "Mobility" means the number of k-12 students enrolled less than 160 days or its equivalent in one school within a school year, as determined by the prior year's year-end average daily membership submission.

(11) "Poverty" means the total number of k-12 students in an LEA reported as economically disadvantaged using federal child nutrition income eligibility guidelines for free or reduced-priced under the federal school lunch program from the official October 1 enrollment count from the previous school year.

(12) "Statewide assessment" means the same as that term is defined in Subsection R277-404-2(10).

(13) "Truancy" or "truant student" means a student absent without a valid excuse.

(14) "UTREx System" means the electronic data collection system used by the Superintendent to collect information required by law from LEAs about individual students at certain points throughout the school year to support the allocation of funds and accountability reporting.

(15) "Valid excuse" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-6-201.

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