Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-728 - Honors Courses
Section R277-728-3 - Honors Course Objectives
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 277-728-3
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) An honors course shall:
(a) offer students opportunities
to learn from the perspectives of others;
(b) encourage students to find multiple
possible solution pathways, where appropriate;
(c) use data to reason;
(d) encourage students to take risks and
persevere in problem solving;
(e)
personalize student learning experiences; and
(f) emphasize deep understanding of grade
level content and above-level content, if appropriate.
(2) An honors course may not:
(a) emphasize teacher lecture;
(b) emphasize rote memorization of rules and
procedures or basic recall of facts;
(c) equate an honors distinction with an
increased workload, such as requiring more assignments or reading additional
texts without clear intent; or
(d)
include little to no collaborative work.
(3)
(a) An
honors course shall be open and available to any interested student.
(b) A school may not prohibit enrollment in
an honors course based on a students past performance, experience, or other
measures.
(4) School staff shall uniformly promote honors courses to all students and families.
(5) To the extent possible, a school shall provide enough sections for honors courses to meet student demand.
(6) A school shall remove barriers and provide opportunities to students from all representative demographics to reach their academic potential.
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