Section R277-479-2 - Definitions(1) "Base" means prior year special education add-on WPU.(2) "Charter school" means a school authorized by a charter school authorizer under Sections 53G-5-304 through 53G-5-306.(3) "Charter school authorizer" or "authorizer" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Subsection 53G-5-102(3).(4) "Common Data Committee" or "CDC" means a group comprised of representatives of Board staff, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's Office, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, and the Utah State Tax Commission, that reports to the Legislature with: (a) estimates of the growth of students in Utah schools and how much it will cost to fund those students; and(b) estimates of the tax dollars the state will receive for education.(5) "Estimated enrollment" means the enrollment projections done by the CDC as approved by the Superintendent and used for legislative projections.(6) "Expanding charter school" means a "large expansion" or new "satellite school" as described in Rule R277-550.(7) "Foundation" means the average of self-contained and resource special education students average daily membership over the previous five years.(8) "Negative growth adjustment" means prior year special education add-on WPU minus weighted negative growth.(9) "New charter school" means a charter school with less than five years of operation.(10) "Positive growth adjustment" means prior year special education add-on WPU plus weighted growth.(11) "Prevalence rate" means the percentage of students with disabilities within the total student enrollment.(12) "Special education" means specially designed instruction and related services to meet the unique needs of a student with a disability in accordance with Rule R277-750.(13) "Student with a disability" means a student, evaluated in accordance with Utah State Board of Education Special Education Rules, and determined to be eligible for special education and related services.(14) "Total enrollment" means the total number of students enrolled in all campuses of a school as of the October 1 UTREx update.(15) "Utah eTranscript and Record Exchange" or "UTREx" means a system that allows: (a) individual detailed student records to be exchanged electronically among public education LEAs and the Superintendent; and(b) electronic transcripts to be sent to any post-secondary institution that participates in the e-transcript service.Utah Admin. Code R277-479-2
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-17, effective 8/7/2017Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-11, effective 5/24/2022Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-02, effective 1/11/2023Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-14, effective 7/11/2023Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-20, effective 10/8/2024