Section R277-486-1 - Authority and Purpose(1) This rule is authorized by:(a) Utah Constitution Article X, Section 3, which vests general control and supervision of public education in the Board;(b) Subsection 53E-3-401(4), which allows the Board to make rules to execute the Board's duties and responsibilities under the Utah Constitution and state law; and(c) Subsection 53F-2-305(2), which authorizes the Board to make a rule requiring a certain percentage of a LEA's professional staff to be licensed in the area the teacher teaches to receive full funding under the state statutory formula.(2) The purpose of this rule is to outline the eligibility requirements for an LEA to receive WPUs for professional staff including the acceptable experience and training an LEA's staff should have.Utah Admin. Code R277-486-1
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2019-9, effective 4/8/2019