Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-924 - Partnerships for Student Success Grant Program
Section R277-924-4 - Procedure and Criteria for Awarding a Grant
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 277-924-4
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The Superintendent shall award grants to eligible partnerships based on the amount of funding available for the grant program.
(2) The Superintendent shall award the grant described in Subsection (1) to an eligible partnership based on the following criteria:
(a) the
percentage of students who live in families with an income at or below 185% of
the federal poverty level enrolled in schools within the eligible school feeder
pattern;
(b) the comprehensive
needs assessment of the eligible partnership, including the shared goals,
outcomes and measurement practices based on the unique community needs and
interests;
(c) the proposed program
services to be implemented based on the comprehensive needs assessment
described in Subsection (2)(b), including how the eligible partnership's plan
aligns with:
(i) the five- and ten-year plan
to address intergenerational poverty described in Section
35A-9-303;
and
(ii) if the eligible
partnership has a low performing school within the eligible partnership's
school feeder pattern, the school turnaround plans of the low performing
schools;
(d) how the
eligible partnership will:
(i) improve
educational outcomes for low income students through the formation of
cross-sector partnerships; and
(ii)
improve efforts focused on student success;
(e) the outcome-based measures selected by
the eligible partnership, including the eligible partnership's plan to:
(i) objectively assess the success of the
eligible partnership's program design plan; and
(ii) make changes to the eligible
partnership's plan based on the assessment described in Subsection
(2)(e)(i);
(f) the
strength of the eligible partnership's commitment to:
(i) the establishment and maintenance of data
systems that inform program decisions;
(ii) sharing of information and collaboration
with third party evaluators; and
(iii) meeting annual reporting
requirements;
(g) the
eligible partnership's budget, including:
(i)
identifying the estimated cost per student for the program;
(ii) an explanation for each proposed
expenditure and how each expenditure aligns with the eligible partnership's
proposed program; and
(iii)
providing matching funds as required in Section
53F-5-403.
(3) Additional points will be awarded to an eligible partnership that:
(a) includes a low performing school as
defined in Section
53E-5-301;
or
(b) includes community and
parent engagement as a part of the eligible partnership's plan.
(4) The Superintendent shall administer and oversee the evaluation of the program as provided in Section 53F-5-405.
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