Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-801 - Services for Students who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, Visually Impaired, and Deaf-Blind
Section R277-801-2 - Definitions
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) "504 plan" means a plan required by Section 504, which is designed to accommodate an individual who has been determined, as a result of an evaluation, to have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
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(3) "Intervener" means a specially trained paraprofessional who provides access to information and communication and facilitates the development of social and emotional well-being for children who are deaf-blind.
(4) "Medicaid time study" means the primary mechanism for identifying and categorizing Medicaid administrative activities performed by an LEA's staff, which serves as the basis for developing claims for the costs of administrative activities that may be properly reimbursed under Medicaid.
(5) "Minimum school program" or "MSP" means the same as that terms is defined in Section 53F-2-102.
(6) "Qualifying student" means a student who is deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind who qualifies for services in accordance with Subsection 53E-8-401(1).
(7) "Section 504" means Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, codified at 29 USC 701, et seq.
(8) "Utah eTranscript and Record Exchange" or "UTREx" means a system that allows individual detailed student records to be exchanged electronically among LEAs and the Board, and allows electronic transcripts to be sent to any post-secondary institution, private or public, in-state or out-of-state, that participates in the e-transcript service.
(9) "Weighted pupil unit" or "WPU" means the basic per pupil unit used to calculate the amount of state funds for which a school district is eligible.
