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2012 Utah Code
Title 53A - State System of Public Education
Article 8a - Public Education Human Resource Management Act
Section 801 - Definitions.

Universal Citation:
UT Code ยง 53A-8a-801 (2012)
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53A-8a-801. Definitions.

As used in this part:

(1) "Peer Assistance and Review Pilot Program" or "PAR Program" means the teacher evaluation and mentoring program created in Section 53A-8a-802.

(2) "Consulting teacher" means a teacher who is appointed as described in Section 53A-8a-803 and provides assistance and review to teachers assigned to a PAR Program.

(3) "Novice teacher" means a provisional teacher who has not achieved career employee status.

(4) "PAR Joint Panel" means the governing panel of a district's PAR Program, created according to Section 53A-8a-804.

(5) "Teacher" means an individual employed by a school district who is required to hold an educator license issued by the State Board of Education and who has an assignment to teach in a classroom.

(6) "Underperforming veteran teacher" means a teacher who has achieved career employee status as defined in Section 53A-8a-102 and whose work has been judged to fall below the district's standards.


Enacted by Chapter 273, 2012 General Session

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