Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-726 - Statewide Online Education Program
Section R277-726-2 - Definitions
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) "Actively participates" means, for purposes of an initial funding distribution described in Section 53F-4-505, the student actively participates as defined by the provider in a written standard of active participation on record with the Superintendent.
(2) "Applicable statewide assessments" means:
(3) "Approved absence" means an absence permitted in accordance with Subsection 53G-6-803(5).
(4) "Authorized online course provider" or "provider" means the same as the term is defined in Section 53F-4-501.
(5) "Certified online course provider" means the same as the term is defined in Section 53F-4-501.
(6) "Course completion" means that a student has completed a course with a passing grade and the provider has transmitted the course title, course code, grade and credit to the primary LEA of enrollment and the Superintendent.
(7) "Course Credit Acknowledgment" or "CCA" means an agreement and registration record that:
(8) "Effective Date" means that, notwithstanding Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, a delayed effective date that the Board is required to provide after the school year has ended for changes in administrative rule related to the Statewide Online Education Program, as described in Subsection 53F-4-514(1).
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(10) "Enrollment confirmation" means a student who initially registered and actively participated, as defined under Subsection (1).
(11) "Executed CCA" means a CCA that has been executed pursuant to Subsection 53F-4-508(3) and received by the Superintendent.
(12) "Fee" means the same as the term is defined in Rule R277-407.
(13) "High school" means the same as the term is defined in Section 53F-4-501.
(14) "LEA" includes, for purposes of this rule, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
(15) "Middle school" means the same as the term is defined in Section 53F-4-501.
(16) "Online course" means the same as the term is defined in Section 53F-4-501 regardless of whether the student participates in the online course at home, at a school, at another location, or in any combination of these settings.
(17) "Online course payment" means the amount of funds withheld from a student's primary LEA and disbursed, or otherwise paid to the designated provider following satisfaction of the requirements of the law, and as directed in Subsection 53F-4-507(2) and Section 53F-4-518.
(18) "Primary LEA of enrollment" means the LEA reporting the student to be in regular membership, and special education membership, if applicable.
(19) "Primary school of enrollment" means:
(20) "Resident school" means the district school within whose attendance boundaries the student's custodial parent or legal guardian resides.
(21) "School" means the same as the term is defined in Rule R277-100.
(22) "Section 504" means Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794.
(23) "Standard of active participation" means the measure of student engagement used by an authorized online course provider to count a student as in attendance and participation at least once every ten school days for a course consistent with Section R277-419-5.
(24) "Statewide Online Education Program" or "program" means the Statewide Online Education Program created in Section 53F-4-502.
(25) "Teacher of record" means the teacher who is assigned by a provider and to whom students are assigned for purposes of reporting and data submissions to the Superintendent in accordance with Section R277-484-3 and this rule.
(26) "Underenrolled student" means a student with less than a full course load, as defined by the LEA, during the regular school day at the student's primary school of enrollment.
(27) "USBE course code" means a code for a designated subject matter course assigned by the Superintendent.
(28) "Withdrawal from online course" means that a student withdraws from or ceases participation in an online course as follows: