2015 Utah Code
Title 53A - State System of Public Education
Chapter 1 - Administration of Public Education at the State Level
Part 11 - School Grading Act
Section 1103 - State Board of Education to establish school grading system -- Report to Education Interim Committee.

Effective 5/12/2015
53A-1-1103. State Board of Education to establish school grading system -- Report to Education Interim Committee.

• (1)
  • (a) The State Board of Education shall establish a school grading system in accordance with this part in which a school annually is designated a grade of A, B, C, D, or F based on the performance of the school's students on statewide assessments, and for a high school, the graduation rate and, except for the 2012-13 school year, student performance on a college admissions test administered pursuant to Section 53A-1-611.
  • (b) The school grading system established in this part shall be known and referred to as "school grading."

• (2) The State Board of Education shall:
  • (a) model the school grading system described in this part using school performance data for the 2010-11 school year;
  • (b) study modifications to the school grading system; and
  • (c) make recommendations for proposed legislation to the Education Interim Committee on modifications to the school grading system by the committee's September 2012 meeting.

• (3) The school grading system shall take effect for the 2012-13 school year and shall replace the U-PASS accountability system developed and implemented by the State Board of Education.

• (4) For the purposes of school grading, the State Board of Education shall create an alignment mapping of scale scores when transitioning to a new assessment system to reflect the core standards for Utah public schools set by the State Board of Education.

Amended by Chapter 415, 2015 General Session