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UT Code § 53E-7-406 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 7 - Special Education|Part 4 - Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program|Section 406 - Private school regulation -- Student records.

 Effective 1/1/2021  53E-7-406. Private school regulation -- Student records.    (1) Nothing in this part:   (a) grants additional authority to any state agency or LEA to regulate private schools except as expressly described in this part; or     (b) expands the regulatory authority of the state, a state office holder, or a local school district to impose any additional regulation of a qualifying school beyond those necessary to enforce the requirements of the program.       (2) A qualifying school shall be given the maximum freedom to provide for the educational needs of a scholarship recipient who attends the qualifying school without unlawful governmental control.     (3) Except as provided in Section 53E-7-403, a qualifying school may not be required to alter the qualifying school's creed, practices, admission policy, or curriculum in order to accept scholarship money.     (4) A local education agency or school in a local education agency in which a scholarship recipient was previously enrolled shall provide to a qualifying school in which the scholarship recipient is currently enrolled a copy of all requested school records relating to the scholarship recipient, subject to:   (a)Title 53E, Chapter 9, Student Privacy and Data Protection; and     (b) Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g.      Enacted by Chapter 3, 2020 Special Session 4
UT Code § 53E-7-409 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 7 - Special Education|Part 4 - Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program|Section 409 - Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee to conduct feasibility study.

 Effective 1/1/2021  53E-7-409. Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee to conduct feasibility study.  The Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall:  (1) study the feasibility of combining the program with the Carson Smith Scholarship Program created in Section 53F-4-302;     (2) prepare a written report of the study's findings, including any legislative recommendations; and     (3) on or before the Executive Appropriations Committee's November 2023 meeting, submit the report to the Executive Appropriations Committee.    Enacted by Chapter 3, 2020 Special Session 4
UT Code § 53E-8-101 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 101 - Title.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53E-8-101. Title.  This chapter is known as "Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind." Enacted by Chapter 1, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-201 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 2 - Organization, Powers, and Duties|Section 201 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind created -- Designated LEA -- Services statewide.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53E-8-201. Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind created -- Designated LEA -- Services statewide.    (1) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind is created as a single public school agency that includes:   (a) the Utah School for the Deaf;     (b) the Utah School for the Blind;     (c) programs for students who are deafblind; and     (d) the Parent Infant Program.       (2) Under the general control and supervision of the state board, consistent with the state board's constitutional authority, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind:   (a) may provide services to students statewide:   (i) who are deaf, blind, or deafblind; or     (ii) who are neither deaf, blind, nor deafblind, if allowed under rules of the state board established pursuant to Section 53E-8-401; and       (b) shall serve as the designated LEA for a student and assume the responsibilities of providing services as prescribed through the student's IEP or Section 504 accommodation plan when the team that develops the student's IEP or Section 504 accommodation plan determines that the student be placed at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.       (3) When the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind becomes a student's designated LEA, the LEA of record and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall ensure that all rights and requirements regarding individual student assessment, eligibility, services, placement, and procedural safeguards provided through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq. and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, remain in force.     (4) Nothing in this section diminishes the responsibility of a student's LEA of record for the education of the student as provided in Chapter 7, Part 2, Special Education Program.    Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General SessionAmended by Chapter 314, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-202 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 2 - Organization, Powers, and Duties|Section 202 - Corporate powers -- Property -- Establishment of a foundation.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53E-8-202. Corporate powers -- Property -- Establishment of a foundation.    (1) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind is a public corporation with perpetual succession and a corporate seal.     (2) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind may:   (a) sue and be sued;     (b) contract and be contracted with;     (c) take and hold by purchase, gift, devise, or bequest real and personal property required for its uses; and     (d) convert property, if not suitable for its use, into other property or money.       (3) The property of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind is exempt from taxes and assessments.     (4) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind may establish a foundation as described in Section 53E-3-403.    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 1, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-203 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 2 - Organization, Powers, and Duties|Section 203 - Applicability of statutes to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.

 Effective 7/1/2021  53E-8-203. Applicability of statutes to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.    (1) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind is subject to this public education code and other state laws applicable to public schools, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.     (2) The following provisions of this public education code do not apply to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind:   (a) provisions governing the budgets, funding, or finances of school districts or charter schools; and     (b) provisions governing school construction.       (3) Except as provided in this chapter, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind is subject to state laws governing state agencies, including:   (a)Title 51, Chapter 5, Funds Consolidation Act;     (b)Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act;     (c)Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act;     (d)Title 63A, Utah Government Operations Code;     (e)Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act;     (f)Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act;     (g)Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code;     (h)Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act;     (i)Title 63J, Chapter 2, Revenue Procedures and Control Act; and     (j)Title 63A, Chapter 17, Utah State Personnel Management Act.      Amended by Chapter 345, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-204 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 2 - Organization, Powers, and Duties|Section 204 - Authority of the state board -- Rulemaking -- Superintendent -- Advisory council.

 Effective 7/1/2021  53E-8-204. Authority of the state board -- Rulemaking -- Superintendent -- Advisory council.    (1) The state board is the governing board of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.     (2)   (a) The state board shall appoint a superintendent for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.     (b) The state board shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, regarding the qualifications, terms of employment, and duties of the superintendent for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.       (3) The superintendent shall:   (a) subject to the approval of the state board, appoint an associate superintendent to administer the Utah School for the Deaf based on:   (i) demonstrated competency as an expert educator of deaf persons; and     (ii) knowledge of school management and the instruction of deaf persons;       (b) subject to the approval of the state board, appoint an associate superintendent to administer the Utah School for the Blind based on:   (i) demonstrated competency as an expert educator of blind persons; and     (ii) knowledge of school management and the instruction of blind persons, including an understanding of the unique needs and education of deafblind persons.         (4) The state board shall approve the annual budget and expenditures of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.     (5)   (a) The state board shall submit a report in accordance with Section 53E-1-201 on the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.     (b) The state board shall ensure that the report described in Subsection (5)(a) includes:   (i) a financial report;     (ii) a report on Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind programs and activities; and     (iii) a report of student academic performance.        Amended by Chapter 408, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-301 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 3 - Educators|Section 301 - Educators exempt from Division of Human Resource Management rules -- Collective bargaining agreement.

 Effective 7/1/2021  53E-8-301. Educators exempt from Division of Human Resource Management rules -- Collective bargaining agreement.    (1) Educators employed by the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind are exempt from mandatory compliance with rules of the Division of Human Resource Management.     (2) The state board may enter into a collective bargaining agreement to establish compensation and other personnel policies with educators employed by the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to replace rules of the Division of Human Resource Management.     (3) A collective bargaining agreement made under Subsection (2) is subject to the same requirements that are imposed on local school boards by Section 53G-11-202.    Amended by Chapter 344, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-302 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 3 - Educators|Section 302 - Annual salary adjustments for educators.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53E-8-302. Annual salary adjustments for educators.    (1) In accordance with Section 53F-7-301, the Legislature shall appropriate money to the state board for the salary adjustments described in this section.     (2) The state board shall include in its annual budget request for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind an amount of money sufficient to adjust educators' salaries as described in Subsection (3) and fund step and lane changes.     (3)   (a) The state board shall determine the salary adjustment specified in Subsection (2) by:   (i) calculating a weighted average salary adjustment for nonadministrative licensed staff adopted by the school districts of the state, with the average weighted by the number of teachers in each school district; and     (ii) increasing the weighted average salary adjustment by 10% in any year in which teachers of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind are not ranked in the top 10 in 20-year earnings when compared to earnings of teachers in the school districts of the state.       (b) In calculating a weighted average salary adjustment for nonadministrative licensed staff adopted by the school districts of the state under Subsection (3)(a), the state board shall exclude educator salary adjustments provided pursuant to Section 53F-2-405.       (4) From money appropriated to the state board for salary adjustments, the state board shall adjust the salary schedule applicable to educators at the school each year.    Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-401 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 4 - Eligibility, Services, and Programs|Section 401 - Eligibility for services of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.

 Effective 5/12/2020  53E-8-401. Eligibility for services of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.    (1) Except as provided in Subsections (3), (4), and (5), an individual is eligible to receive services of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind if the individual is:   (a) a resident of Utah;     (b) younger than 22 years of age;     (c) referred to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind by:   (i) the individual's school district of residence;     (ii) a local early intervention program; or     (iii) if the referral is consistent with the Individual with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq., the Parent Infant Program; and       (d) identified as deaf, blind, or deafblind through:   (i) the special education eligibility determination process; or     (ii) the Section 504 eligibility determination process.         (2)   (a) In determining eligibility for an individual who is younger than age three and is deafblind, the following information may be used:   (i) opthalmological and audiological documentation;     (ii) functional vision or hearing assessments and evaluations; or     (iii) informed clinical opinion conducted by a person with expertise in deafness, blindness, or deafblindness.       (b) Informed clinical opinion shall be:   (i) included in the determination of eligibility when documentation is incomplete or not conclusive; and     (ii) based on pertinent records related to the individual's current health status and medical history, an evaluation and observations of the individual's level of sensory functioning, and the needs of the family.         (3)   (a) A student who qualifies for special education shall have services and placement determinations made through the IEP process.     (b) A student who qualifies for accommodations under Section 504 shall have services and placement determinations made through the Section 504 team process.       (4)   (a) A nonresident may receive services of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in accordance with the rules of the state board described in Subsection (6).     (b) The rules shall require the payment of tuition for services provided to a nonresident.       (5) An individual is eligible to receive services from the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind under circumstances described in Section 53E-8-408.     (6) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board:   (a) shall make rules that determine the eligibility of students to be served by the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind; and     (b) may make rules to allow a resident of Utah who is neither deaf, blind, nor deafblind to receive services of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind if the resident is younger than 22 years of age.      Amended by Chapter 408, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-402 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 4 - Eligibility, Services, and Programs|Section 402 - Entrance policies and procedures.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53E-8-402. Entrance policies and procedures.  With input from the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, school districts, parents, and the advisory council, the state board shall establish entrance policies and procedures that IEP teams and Section 504 teams are to consider in making placement recommendations at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-403 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 4 - Eligibility, Services, and Programs|Section 403 - Educational programs.

 Effective 5/12/2020  53E-8-403. Educational programs.    (1) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall provide an educational program for a student:   (a) based on assessments of the student's abilities; and     (b) in accordance with the student's IEP or Section 504 accommodation plan.       (2) If a student's ability to access the core curriculum is impaired primarily due to a severe sensory loss and requires intensive sensory-based instruction or services, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall provide an educational program that will enable the student, with accommodations, to access the core curriculum.     (3) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall provide instruction in Braille to students who are blind.    Amended by Chapter 354, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-404 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 4 - Eligibility, Services, and Programs|Section 404 - Administration of statewide assessments.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53E-8-404. Administration of statewide assessments.  The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall annually administer, as applicable, the statewide assessments described in Section 53E-4-301, except a student may take an alternative test in accordance with the student's IEP. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 1, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-405 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 4 - Eligibility, Services, and Programs|Section 405 - Collaboration with Department of Health.

 Effective 1/24/2018  53E-8-405. Collaboration with Department of Health.  The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall collaborate with the Department of Health to provide services to children with disabilities who are younger than three years of age in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 1, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-406 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 4 - Eligibility, Services, and Programs|Section 406 - Programs for deafblind individuals -- State deafblind education specialist.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53E-8-406. Programs for deafblind individuals -- State deafblind education specialist.    (1) The state board shall adopt policies and programs for providing appropriate educational services to individuals who are deafblind.     (2) Except as provided in Subsection (4), the state board shall designate an employee who holds a deafblind credential issued by the state board or equivalent training and expertise to:   (a) act as a resource coordinator for the state board on public education programs designed for individuals who are deafblind;     (b) facilitate the design and implementation of professional development programs to assist school districts, charter schools, and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in meeting the educational needs of those who are deafblind; and     (c) facilitate the design of and assist with the implementation of one-on-one intervention programs in school districts, charter schools, and at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind for those who are deafblind, serving as a resource for, or team member of, individual IEP teams.       (3) The state board may authorize and approve the costs of an employee to obtain a deafblind credential issued by the state board or equivalent training and expertise to qualify for the position described in Subsection (2).     (4) The state board may contract with a third party for the services required under Subsection (2).    Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General SessionAmended by Chapter 314, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-407 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 4 - Eligibility, Services, and Programs|Section 407 - Educational Enrichment Program for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, and Visually Impaired Students -- Funding for the program.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53E-8-407. Educational Enrichment Program for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, and Visually Impaired Students -- Funding for the program.    (1) There is established the Educational Enrichment Program for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, and Visually Impaired Students.     (2) The purpose of the program is to provide opportunities that will, in a family friendly environment, enhance the educational services required for deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind students.     (3) The advisory council shall make recommendations to the state board regarding the design and implementation of the program.     (4) The program shall be funded from the revenue distributed from the permanent funds created for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind pursuant to Section 12 of the Utah Enabling Act and distributed by the director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration under Section 53C-3-103.    Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General SessionAmended by Chapter 314, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 53E-8-408 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration|Chapter 8 - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind|Part 4 - Eligibility, Services, and Programs|Section 408 - Educational services for an individual with a hearing loss.

 Effective 5/14/2019  53E-8-408. Educational services for an individual with a hearing loss.    (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall provide educational services to an individual:   (a) who seeks to receive the educational services; and     (b)   (i) whose results of a test for hearing loss are reported to the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in accordance with Section 26-10-6 or 26-10-13; or     (ii) who has been diagnosed with a hearing loss by a physician or an audiologist.         (2) If the individual who will receive the services described in Subsection (1) is a minor, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind may not provide the services to the individual until after receiving permission from the individual's parent.    Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session