UT Code § 35A-15-102 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 35A - Utah Workforce Services Code|Chapter 15 - Preschool Programs|Part 1 - General Provisions|Section 102 - Definitions.

 Effective 5/12/2020  35A-15-102. Definitions.  As used in this chapter:  (1) "Board" means the School Readiness Board, created in Section 35A-15-201.     (2) "Economically disadvantaged" means to be eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch.     (3) "Eligible home-based educational technology provider" means a provider that offers a home-based educational technology program to develop the school readiness skills of an eligible student.     (4)   (a) "Eligible LEA" means an LEA that has a data system capacity to collect longitudinal academic outcome data, including special education use by student, by identifying each student with a statewide unique student identifier.     (b) "Eligible LEA" includes a program exempt from licensure under Subsection 26-39-403(2)(c).       (5)   (a) "Eligible private provider" means a child care program that:   (i) is licensed under Title 26, Chapter 39, Utah Child Care Licensing Act; or     (ii) except as provided in Subsection (5)(b)(ii), is exempt from licensure under Section 26-39-403.       (b) "Eligible private provider" does not include:   (i) residential child care, as defined in Section 26-39-102; or     (ii) a program exempt from licensure under Subsection 26-39-403(2)(c).         (6) "Eligible student" means a student:   (a)   (i) who is age three, four, or five; and     (ii) is not eligible for enrollment under Subsection 53G-4-402(6); and       (b)   (i)   (A) who is economically disadvantaged; and     (B) whose parent or legal guardian reports that the student has experienced at least one risk factor; or       (ii) is an English learner.         (7) "Evaluation" means an evaluation conducted in accordance with Section 35A-15-303.     (8) "High quality school readiness program" means a preschool program that:   (a) is provided by an eligible LEA, eligible private provider, or eligible home-based educational technology provider; and     (b) meets the elements of a high quality school readiness program described in Section 35A-15-202.       (9) "Investor" means a person that enters into a results-based contract to provide funding to a high quality school readiness program on the condition that the person will receive payment in accordance with Section 35A-15-402 if the high quality school readiness program meets the performance outcome measures included in the results-based contract.     (10) "Kindergarten assessment" means the kindergarten entry assessment described in Section 53F-2-507.     (11) "Kindergarten transition plan" means a plan that supports the smooth transition of a preschool student to kindergarten and includes communication and alignment among the preschool, program, parents, and K-12 personnel.     (12) "Local Education Agency" or "LEA" means a school district or charter school.     (13) "Performance outcome measure" means:   (a) indicators, as determined by the board, on the school readiness assessment and the kindergarten assessment; or     (b) for a results-based contract, the indicators included in the contract.       (14) "Results-based contract" means a contract that:   (a) is entered into in accordance with Section 35A-15-402;     (b) includes a performance outcome measure; and     (c) is between the board, a provider of a high quality school readiness program, and an investor.       (15) "Risk factor" means:   (a) having a mother who was 18 years old or younger when the child was born;     (b) a member of a child's household is incarcerated;     (c) living in a neighborhood with high violence or crime;     (d) having one or both parents with a low reading ability;     (e) moving at least once in the past year;     (f) having ever been in foster care;     (g) living with multiple families in the same household;     (h) having exposure in a child's home to:   (i) physical abuse or domestic violence;     (ii) substance abuse;     (iii) the death or chronic illness of a parent or sibling; or     (iv) mental illness;       (i) the primary language spoken in a child's home is a language other than English; or     (j) having at least one parent who has not completed high school.       (16) "School readiness assessment" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-4-314.     (17) "Tool" means the tool developed in accordance with Section 35A-15-303.    Amended by Chapter 171, 2020 General Session