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UT Code § 53F-4-502 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 502 - Statewide Online Education Program created -- Designated as program of the public education system -- Purposes.

 Effective 5/5/2021  53F-4-502. Statewide Online Education Program created -- Designated as program of the public education system -- Purposes.    (1) The Statewide Online Education Program is created to enable an eligible student to, through the completion of publicly funded online courses:   (a) earn high school graduation credit; or     (b) earn middle school credit.       (2) Pursuant to Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 2, the Statewide Online Education Program is designated as a program of the public education system.     (3) The purposes of an online school are to:   (a) provide a student with access to online learning options regardless of where the student attends school, whether a public, private, or home school;     (b) provide high quality learning options for a student regardless of language, residence, family income, or special needs;     (c) provide online learning options to allow a student to acquire the knowledge and technology skills necessary in a digital world;     (d) utilize the power and scalability of technology to customize education so that a student may learn in the student's own style preference and at the student's own pace;     (e) utilize technology to remove the constraints of traditional classroom learning, allowing a student to access learning virtually at any time and in any place and giving the student the flexibility to take advantage of the student's peak learning time;     (f) provide personalized learning, where a student can spend as little or as much time as the student needs to master the material;     (g) provide greater access to self-paced programs enabling a high achieving student to accelerate academically, while a struggling student may have additional time and help to gain competency;     (h) allow a student to customize the student's schedule to better meet the student's academic goals;     (i) provide quality learning options to better prepare a student for post-secondary education and vocational or career opportunities; and     (j) allow a student to have an individualized educational experience.       (4) The program created under this part shall be known as the "Statewide Online Education Program."     (5) The program name, "Statewide Online Education Program," shall be used in the dissemination of information on the program.    Amended by Chapter 362, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-504 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 504 - Authorized online course providers -- Certified online course providers.

 Effective 5/5/2021  53F-4-504. Authorized online course providers -- Certified online course providers.    (1) The following entities may offer online courses to eligible students through the Statewide Online Education Program:   (a) a charter school or district school created exclusively for the purpose of serving students online;     (b) an LEA program, approved by the LEA governing board, that is created exclusively for the purpose of serving students online;     (c) a program of an institution of higher education listed in Section 53B-2-101 that:   (i) offers secondary school level courses; and     (ii) is created exclusively for the purpose of serving students online; and       (d) beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, a certified online course provider.       (2) The state board shall approve an online course provider as a certified online course provider if the online course provider:   (a) complies with the application procedures described in Section 53F-4-514;     (b) meets the standards described in Section 53F-4-514; and     (c) has prior experience offering online courses to secondary students.       (3) The state board may revoke the approval described in Subsection (2) if the state board finds that a certified online course provider is not complying with the requirements described in Section 53F-4-514.    Amended by Chapter 413, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-506 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 506 - Withdrawal from an online course.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53F-4-506. Withdrawal from an online course.    (1) An online course provider shall establish a start date for an online course, including a start date for the second .5 credit of a 1 credit online course.     (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a student may withdraw from an online course:   (a) within 20 school calendar days of the start date, if the student enrolls in an online course on or before the start date established pursuant to Subsection (1); or     (b) within 20 school calendar days of enrolling in the online course, if the student enrolls in an online course after the start date established pursuant to Subsection (1).       (3)   (a) A student may withdraw from a 1 credit online course within 20 school calendar days of the start date of the second .5 credit of the online course.     (b) An online course provider shall refund a payment received for the second .5 credit of an online course if a student withdraws from the online course pursuant to Subsection (3)(a).     (c) If a student withdraws from a 1 credit online course as provided in Subsection (3)(a), the online course provider shall receive payment for the student's completion of .5 credit of the 1 credit course in the same manner as an online course provider receives payment for a student's completion of a .5 credit online course as described in Subsection 53F-4-505(4).      Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-507 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 507 - State board to deduct funds and make payments -- Plan for the payment of online courses taken by private and home school students.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53F-4-507. State board to deduct funds and make payments -- Plan for the payment of online courses taken by private and home school students.    (1) For a fiscal year that begins on or after July 1, 2018, and subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall adjust the appropriation for the Statewide Online Education Program based on:   (a) the anticipated increase of eligible home school and private school students enrolled in the Statewide Online Education Program; and     (b) the value of the weighted pupil unit.       (2)   (a) The state board shall deduct money from funds allocated to the student's primary LEA of enrollment under Chapter 2, State Funding -- Minimum School Program, to pay for online course fees.     (b) Money shall be deducted under Subsection (2) in the amount and at the time an online course provider qualifies to receive payment for an online course as provided in Subsection 53F-4-505(4).       (3) From money deducted under Subsection (2), the state board shall make payments to the student's online course provider as provided in Section 53F-4-505.     (4) The Legislature shall establish a plan, which shall take effect beginning on July 1, 2013, for the payment of online courses taken by a private school or home school student.    Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-509 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 509 - Online course credit hours included in daily membership -- Limitation.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53F-4-509. Online course credit hours included in daily membership -- Limitation.    (1) Subject to Subsection (2), a student's primary LEA of enrollment shall include online course credit hours in calculating daily membership.     (2) A student may not count as more than one FTE, unless the student intends to complete high school graduation requirements, and exit high school, early, in accordance with the student's plan for college and career readiness.     (3) A student who enrolls in an online course may not be counted in membership for a released-time class, if counting the student in membership for a released-time class would result in the student being counted as more than one FTE.     (4) Except as provided in Subsection (5), a student enrolled in an online course may earn no more credits in a year than the number of credits a student may earn in a year by taking a full course load during the regular school day in the student's primary LEA of enrollment.     (5) A student enrolled in an online course may earn more credits in a year than the number of credits a student may earn in a year by taking a full course load during the regular school day in the student's primary LEA of enrollment:   (a) if the student intends to complete high school graduation requirements, and exit high school, early, in accordance with the student's plan for college and career readiness; or     (b) if allowed under local school board or charter school governing board policy.      Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-510 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 510 - Administration of statewide assessments to students enrolled in online courses.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53F-4-510. Administration of statewide assessments to students enrolled in online courses.    (1) A student enrolled in an online course that is a course for which a statewide assessment is administered under Title 53E, Chapter 4, Part 3, Assessments, shall take the statewide assessment.     (2)   (a) The state board shall make rules providing for the administration of a statewide assessment to a student enrolled in an online course.     (b) Rules made under Subsection (2)(a) shall:   (i) provide for the administration of a statewide assessment upon a student completing an online course; and     (ii) require an online course provider to proctor the statewide assessment.        Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-511 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 511 - Report on performance of online course providers.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53F-4-511. Report on performance of online course providers.    (1) The state board, in collaboration with online course providers, shall develop a report on the performance of online course providers, which may be used to evaluate the Statewide Online Education Program and assess the quality of an online course provider.     (2) A report on the performance of an online course provider shall include:   (a) scores aggregated by test on statewide assessments administered under Title 53E, Chapter 4, Part 3, Assessments, taken by students at the end of an online course offered through the Statewide Online Education Program;     (b) the percentage of the online course provider's students who complete online courses within the applicable time period specified in Subsection 53F-4-505(4)(c);     (c) the percentage of the online course provider's students who complete online courses after the applicable time period specified in Subsection 53F-4-505(4)(c) and before the student graduates from high school; and     (d) the pupil-teacher ratio for the combined online courses of the online course provider.       (3) The state board shall post a report on the performance of an online course provider on the Statewide Online Education Program's website.    Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-512 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 512 - Dissemination of information on the Statewide Online Education Program.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53F-4-512. Dissemination of information on the Statewide Online Education Program.    (1) The state board shall develop a website for the Statewide Online Education Program which shall include:   (a) a description of the Statewide Online Education Program, including its purposes;     (b) information on who is eligible to enroll, and how an eligible student may enroll, in an online course;     (c) a directory of online course providers;     (d) a link to a course catalog for each online course provider; and     (e) a report on the performance of online course providers as required by Section 53F-4-511.       (2) An online course provider shall provide the following information on the online course provider's website:   (a) a description of the Statewide Online Education Program, including its purposes;     (b) information on who is eligible to enroll, and how an eligible student may enroll, in an online course;     (c) a course catalog;     (d) scores aggregated by test on statewide assessments administered under Title 53E, Chapter 4, Part 3, Assessments, taken by students at the end of an online course offered through the Statewide Online Education Program;     (e) the percentage of an online course provider's students who complete online courses within the applicable time period specified in Subsection 53F-4-505(4)(c);     (f) the percentage of an online course provider's students who complete online courses after the applicable time period specified in Subsection 53F-4-505(4)(c) and before the student graduates from high school; and     (g) the online learning provider's pupil-teacher ratio for the online courses combined.      Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-513 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 513 - Time period to enroll in an online course.

 Effective 5/5/2021  53F-4-513. Time period to enroll in an online course.    (1) To provide an LEA and online course providers with estimates of online course enrollment, a student should enroll in an online course, or declare an intention to enroll in an online course:   (a) for a high school online course, during the time period the LEA designates for high school course registration; or     (b) for a middle school online course, during the time period the LEA designates for middle school course registration.       (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1) and except as provided in Subsection (3), a student may enroll in an online course at any time during a calendar year.     (3)   (a) A student may alter a course schedule by dropping a traditional classroom course and adding an online course consistent with course schedule alteration procedures adopted by the student's primary LEA of enrollment.     (b) A school district's or high school's deadline for dropping a traditional classroom course and adding an online course shall be the same deadline for dropping and adding a traditional classroom course.      Amended by Chapter 362, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-514 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 514 - State board -- Rulemaking -- Fees.

 Effective 5/5/2021  53F-4-514. State board -- Rulemaking -- Fees.    (1) The state board shall make rules in accordance with this part and Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that:   (a) establish a course credit acknowledgement form and procedures for completing and submitting to the state board a course credit acknowledgement;     (b) establish procedures for the administration of a statewide assessment to a student enrolled in an online course; and     (c) establish protocols for an online course provider to obtain approval to become a certified online course provider, including:   (i) the application procedure for an online course provider to obtain approval to become a certified online course provider; and     (ii) the standards that a certified online course provider and any online course the certified online course provider offers shall meet.         (2)   (a) When establishing the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), the state board shall:   (i) establish rules and minimum standards regarding accreditation;     (ii) require an online course to be aligned with the core standards described in Section 53E-4-202;     (iii) require proof that a national organization responsible for college athletics endorses:   (A) the certified online course provider; or     (B) the online course that a certified online course provider offers;       (iv) permit an open-entry, open-exit method of instructional delivery that allows a student the flexibility to:   (A) schedule in response to individual needs or requirements;     (B) demonstrate competency when the student has mastered knowledge and skills;     (C) begin or end study at any time; and     (D) progress through course material at the student's own pace; and       (v) require an individual who teaches a course for a certified online course provider to hold a teaching license issued by the state board.       (b) When establishing the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), the state board may not:   (i) specify a minimum duration for an online course;     (ii) specify a minimum amount of time that a student must spend in an online course; or     (iii) limit the class size of an online course.         (3) The state board may establish a fee, in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, in an amount to pay the costs to the state board of the application approval process and the monitoring of a certified online course provider's compliance with the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii).     (4)   (a) Fee revenue collected in accordance with Subsection (3) shall be:     (b) deposited into the Uniform School Fund as a dedicated credit; and     (c) used to pay the costs to the state board of reviewing certified online course providers' applications and compliance with the standards described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii).      Amended by Chapter 413, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-515 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 515 - Review by legislative auditor general.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53F-4-515. Review by legislative auditor general.  The legislative auditor general shall conduct a review and issue a report on the Statewide Online Education Program after the conclusion of the 2013-14 school year. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-516 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 516 - Report of noncompliance -- Action to ensure compliance.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53F-4-516. Report of noncompliance -- Action to ensure compliance.    (1) The state superintendent shall report to the state board any report of noncompliance of this part made to a member of the staff of the state board.     (2) The state board shall take appropriate action to ensure compliance with this part.    Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53F-4-517 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives|Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program|Section 517 - Agreements for online instruction.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53F-4-517. Agreements for online instruction.    (1) In addition to offering online courses to students through the Statewide Online Education Program, a school district or charter school may enter into an agreement with another school district or charter school or a consortium of school districts or charter schools to provide online instruction to the school district's or charter school's students.     (2) Online instruction offered pursuant to Subsection (1) is not subject to the requirements of this part.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53F-5-101 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 5 - State Funding -- Initiative Grant Programs|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 101 - Title.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53F-5-101. Title.  This chapter is known as "State Funding -- Initiative Grant Programs." Enacted by Chapter 2, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53F-5-102 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 5 - State Funding -- Initiative Grant Programs|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 102 - Definitions.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53F-5-102. Definitions. Reserved Enacted by Chapter 2, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53F-5-202 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53F - Public Education System -- Funding|Chapter 5 - State Funding -- Initiative Grant Programs|Part 2 - Miscellaneous Grant Programs|Section 202 - National Board certification reimbursement.

 Effective 5/12/2020  53F-5-202. National Board certification reimbursement.    (1)   (a) The terms defined in Section 53E-6-102 apply to this section.     (b) As used in this section, "eligible educator" means an educator who is employed as an educator by an LEA.       (2)   (a) Subject to legislative appropriations and Subsection (2)(b), the state board shall reimburse an eligible educator for a cost incurred by the eligible educator to attain or renew a National Board certification.     (b) The state board may only issue a reimbursement under Subsection (2)(a) for:   (i) a National Board certification attained or renewed after July 1, 2016, and before July 1, 2019; or     (ii) a cost incurred by an eligible teacher to attain or renew a National Board certification after July 1, 2016, and before July 1, 2019.         (3) Subject to legislative appropriations, and in accordance with this section, beginning July 1, 2019, the state board may pay up to the total cost:   (a) for an eligible educator who does not have a National Board certification to pursue a National Board certification; or     (b) for an eligible educator who has a National Board certification, to renew the National Board certification.       (4) An eligible educator who does not have a National Board certification and intends for the state board to pay for the eligible educator to pursue a National Board certification shall:   (a) submit to the state board:   (i) an application;     (ii) a letter of recommendation from the principal of the eligible educator's school; and     (iii) a plan for completing the requirements for a National Board certification within three years of the state board approving the eligible educator's application; and       (b) pay a registration fee directly to the organization that administers National Board certification.       (5) An eligible educator who intends for the state board to pay to renew the eligible educator's National Board certification shall submit an application to the state board.     (6) The state board may not:   (a) pay for an eligible educator to attempt to earn National Board certification over a period of longer than three years; or     (b) pay for an individual to attempt National Board certification or a component of National Board certification more than once.       (7) The state board shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, specifying procedures and timelines for:   (a) reimbursing costs under Subsection (2); and     (b) paying costs for an eligible educator to pursue or renew a National Board certification under Subsection (3).      Amended by Chapter 354, 2020 General SessionAmended by Chapter 408, 2020 General Session