Section 63N-20-106 - Audit and evaluation(1) The state auditor shall every three years: (a) conduct an audit of the contractor's use of funds for UPSTART; or(b) contract with an independent certified public accountant to conduct an audit.(2) The office shall: (a) require the contractor to open the contractor's books and records relating to the contractor's expenditure of funds to the state auditor or the state auditor's designee;(b) reimburse the state auditor for the actual and necessary costs of the audit; and(c) contract with an independent, qualified evaluator, selected through a request for proposals process, to evaluate the home-based educational technology program.(3) The evaluator described in Subsection (2)(c) shall use, among other indicators, assessment scores from an assessment described in Section 53G-7-203 to evaluate whether the contractor has effectively prepared preschool children for academic success as described in Section 63N-20-102.(4) Of the money appropriated by the Legislature for UPSTART, no more than 7.5% of the appropriation not to exceed $600,000 may be used for the evaluation and administration of the program.Renumbered from § 53F-4-406 and amended by Chapter 380, 2023 General Session ,§ 9, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 316, 2022 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 5/4/2022.Amended by Chapter 171, 2020 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 5/12/2020.Amended by Chapter 342, 2019 General Session ,§ 18, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session ,§ 243, eff. 5/14/2019.Renumbered from § 53A-1a-1006 and amended by Chapter 2, 2018 General Session ,§ 93, eff. 1/24/2018.Enacted by Chapter 397, 2008 General Session.