2015 Utah Code
Title 53A - State System of Public Education
Chapter 1 - Administration of Public Education at the State Level
Part 12 - School Turnaround and Leadership Development Act
Section 1202 - Definitions.

Effective 5/12/2015
53A-1-1202. Definitions.
As used in this part:

• (1) "Board" means the State Board of Education.

• (2) "Charter school authorizer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53A-1a-501.3.

• (3) "District school" means a public school under the control of a local school board elected under Title 20A, Chapter 14, Nomination and Election of State and Local School Boards.

• (4) "Educator" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53A-6-103.

• (5) "Initial remedial year" means the year in which a district school or charter school is designated as a low performing school under Section 53A-1-1203.

• (6) "Low performing school" means a district school or charter school that has been designated a low performing school by the board because the school is:
  • (a) in the lowest performing 3% of schools statewide according to the percentage of possible points earned under the school grading system; and
  • (b) a low performing school according to other outcome-based measures as may be defined in rules made by the board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.

• (7) "School grade" or "grade" means the letter grade assigned to a school under the school grading system.

• (8) "School grading system" means the system established under Part 11, School Grading Act, of assigning letter grades to schools.

• (9) "Statewide assessment" means a test of student achievement in English language arts, mathematics, or science, including a test administered in a computer adaptive format that is administered statewide under Part 6, Achievement Tests.

Enacted by Chapter 449, 2015 General Session