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2021 Utah Code
Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration
Chapter 7 - Special Education
Part 2 - Special Education Program
Section 201 - Definitions.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 53E-7-201 (2021)
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Effective 5/14/2019
53E-7-201. Definitions.
As used in this part:
  • (1) "Child with a disability" means the same as that term is defined in 34 C.F.R. Sec. 300.308.
  • (2) "Due process hearing" means an administrative due process hearing authorized by 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1415.
  • (3) "LEA special education program" means the implementation of an eligible student's IEP by the eligible student's LEA.
  • (4) "Special education services" means the specialized instruction and related services, described in an eligible student's IEP, that are necessary to provide a free appropriate public education to the eligible student.
  • (5) "Student who is eligible for special education services" or "eligible student" means a child with a disability who is:
    • (a) at least 3 years old but younger than 22 years old; or
    • (b) 22 years old, if the school year in which the child with a disability turned 22 years old has not yet ended.


Amended by Chapter 187, 2019 General Session
Amended by Chapter 187, 2019 General Session, (Coordination Clause)

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