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2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 3 - Assessments › Section 310 - Scoring -- Reports of results.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-4-310.
Scoring -- Reports of results.
(1) For a statewide assessment that requires the use of a student answer sheet, a local school board or charter school governing board shall submit all answer sheets on a per-school and per-class basis to the state superintendent for scoring unless the assessment requires scoring by a national testing service.
(2) The district, school, and class results of the statewide assessments, but not the score or relative position of individual students, shall be reported to each local school board or charter school governing board annually at a regularly scheduled meeting.
(3) A local school board or charter school governing board:
(a) shall make copies of the report available to the general public upon request; and
(b) may charge a fee for the cost of copying the report.
(4)
(a) The state board shall annually provide to school districts and charter schools a comprehensive report for each of the school district's and charter school's students showing the student's statewide assessment results for each year that the student took a statewide assessment.
(b) A school district or charter school shall give a copy of the comprehensive report to the student's parents and make the report available to school staff, as appropriate.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 3 - Assessments › Section 311 - Analysis of results -- Staff professional development.

Effective 5/5/2021
53E-4-311.
Analysis of results -- Staff professional development.
(1) The state board, through the state superintendent, shall develop an online data reporting tool to analyze the results of statewide assessments.
(2) The online data reporting tool shall include components designed to:
(a) assist school districts and individual schools to use the results of the analysis in planning, evaluating, and enhancing programs;
(b) identify schools not achieving state-established acceptable levels of student performance in order to assist those schools in improving student performance levels; and
(c) provide:
(i) for statistical reporting of statewide assessment results at state, school district, school, and grade or course levels; and
(ii) actual levels of performance on statewide assessments.
(3) A local school board or charter school governing board shall provide for:
(a) evaluation of the statewide assessment results and use of the evaluations in setting goals and establishing programs; and
(b) a professional development program that provides teachers, principals, and other professional staff with the training required to successfully establish and maintain statewide assessments.
(4) The state board is not required to identify schools not achieving state-established acceptable levels of student performance as described in Subsection (2)(b) for the 2020-2021 school year.
Amended by Chapter 346, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 3 - Assessments › Section 312 - Preparation for tests.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-4-312.
Preparation for tests.
(1) School district employees may not conduct any specific instruction or preparation of students that would be a breach of testing ethics, such as the teaching of specific test questions.
(2) School district employees who administer the test shall follow the standardization procedures in the test administration manual for an assessment and any additional specific instructions developed by the state board.
(3) The state board may revoke the certification of an individual who violates this section.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 3 - Assessments › Section 313 - Construction of part.

Effective 1/24/2018
53E-4-313.
Construction of part.
Nothing in this part shall be construed to mean or represented to require that graduation from a high school or promotion to another grade is in any way dependent upon successful performance of any test administered as a part of the testing program established under this part.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 1, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 3 - Assessments › Section 314 - School readiness assessment.

Effective 5/4/2022
53E-4-314.
School readiness assessment.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "School readiness assessment" means a preschool entry and exit profile that measures literacy, numeracy, and lifelong learning practices developed in a student.
(b) "School readiness program" means a preschool program:
(i) in which a student participates in the year before the student is expected to enroll in kindergarten; and
(ii) that receives funding under Title 35A, Chapter 15, Preschool Programs.
(2) The state board shall develop a school readiness assessment that aligns with the kindergarten entry and exit assessment described in Section 53G-7-203.
(3) A school readiness program shall:
(a) except as provided in Subsection (4), administer to each student who participates in the school readiness program the school readiness assessment at the beginning and end of the student's participation in the school readiness program; and
(b) report the results of the assessments described in Subsection (3)(a) or (4) to the School Readiness Board created in Section 35A-15-201.
(4) In place of the assessments described in Subsection (3)(a), a school readiness program that is offered through home-based technology may administer to each student who participates in the school readiness program:
(a) a validated computer adaptive pre-assessment at the beginning of the student's participation in the school readiness program; and
(b) a validated computer adaptive post-assessment at the end of the student's participation in the school readiness program.
(5)
(a) The following may submit school readiness assessment data to the School Readiness Board created in Section 35A-15-201:
(i) a private child care provider; or
(ii) an LEA on behalf of a school that is not participating in the High Quality School Readiness Grant Program described in Section 35A-15-301.
(b) If a private child care provider or LEA submits school readiness assessment data to the School Readiness Board under Subsection (5)(a), the state board shall include the school readiness assessment data in the report described in Subsection 35A-15-303(5).
Amended by Chapter 316, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 3 - Assessments › Section 315 - Waiver of requirement to administer certain assessments.

Effective 4/22/2020
53E-4-315.
Waiver of requirement to administer certain assessments.
(1) A statutory requirement to administer an assessment with which an LEA or the state board has not fully complied at the time of statewide school closures beginning on March 16, 2020, is waived for the 2019-20 school year.
(2) Nothing in this section prohibits an LEA or the state board from administering an assessment.
(3) This section supersedes any conflicting provisions of Utah law.
Enacted by Chapter 10, 2020 Special Session 3
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 4 - State Instructional Materials Commission › Section 401 - Definitions.

Effective 5/12/2020
53E-4-401.
Definitions.
As used in this part, "instructional materials" means textbooks or materials used as, or in place of, textbooks and which may be used within the state curriculum framework for courses of study by students in public schools, including:
(1) textbooks;
(2) workbooks;
(3) computer software;
(4) online or Internet courses; and
(5) audio and video media.
Amended by Chapter 338, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 4 - State Instructional Materials Commission › Section 402 - Creation of commission -- Powers -- Payment of expenses.

Affected by 63I-1-253 on 7/1/2027
Effective 5/14/2019
53E-4-402.
Creation of commission -- Powers -- Payment of expenses.
(1) The state board shall appoint a State Instructional Materials Commission consisting of:
(a) the state superintendent or the state superintendent's designee;
(b) a school district superintendent;
(c) a secondary school principal;
(d) an elementary school principal;
(e) a secondary school teacher;
(f) an elementary school teacher;
(g) five persons not employed in public education; and
(h) a dean of a school of education of a state college or university.
(2) The commission shall evaluate instructional materials for recommendation by the state board.
(3) Members shall serve without compensation, but their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties shall be paid out of money appropriated to the state board.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 4 - State Instructional Materials Commission › Section 403 - Commission's evaluation of instructional materials -- Recommendation by the state board.

Effective 5/4/2022
53E-4-403.
Commission's evaluation of instructional materials -- Recommendation by the state board.
(1) Semi-annually after reviewing the evaluations of the commission, the state board shall recommend instructional materials for use in the public schools.
(2) The standard period of time instructional materials shall remain on the list of recommended instructional materials shall be five years.
(3) Unsatisfactory instructional materials may be removed from the list of recommended instructional materials at any time within the period applicable to the instructional materials.
(4) Except as provided in Sections 53G-10-103 and 53G-10-402, each school shall have discretion to select instructional materials for use by the school. A school may select:
(a) instructional materials recommended by the state board as provided in this section; or
(b) other instructional materials the school considers appropriate to teach the core standards for Utah public schools.
Amended by Chapter 377, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 4 - State Instructional Materials Commission › Section 404 - Meetings -- Notice.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-4-404.
Meetings -- Notice.
(1) The commission shall meet at the call of the state superintendent or the state superintendent's designee.
(2) Notice of a meeting shall be given as required under Section 52-4-202.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 4 - State Instructional Materials Commission › Section 405 - Sealed proposals for instructional materials contracts -- Sample copies -- Price of instructional materials.

Effective 1/24/2018
53E-4-405.
Sealed proposals for instructional materials contracts -- Sample copies -- Price of instructional materials.
(1) As used in this section, the word "sealed" does not preclude acceptance of electronically sealed and submitted bids or proposals in addition to bids or proposals manually sealed and submitted.
(2) A person seeking a contract to furnish instructional materials for use in the public schools shall submit a sealed proposal to the commission.
(3) Each proposal must:
(a) be accompanied by sample copies of the instructional materials to be reviewed; and
(b) include the wholesale price at which the publisher agrees to furnish the instructional materials to districts and schools during the approval period.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 1, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 4 - State Instructional Materials Commission › Section 406 - Awarding instructional materials contracts.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-4-406.
Awarding instructional materials contracts.
(1) The state board shall award contracts for furnishing instructional materials.
(2) If a satisfactory proposal to furnish instructional materials is not received, a new request for proposals may be issued.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 4 - State Instructional Materials Commission › Section 407 - Illegal acts -- Misdemeanor.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-4-407.
Illegal acts -- Misdemeanor.
It is a class B misdemeanor for a member of the commission or the state board to receive money or other remuneration as an inducement for the recommendation or introduction of instructional materials into the schools.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials › Part 4 - State Instructional Materials Commission › Section 408 - Instructional materials alignment with core standards for Utah public schools.

Effective 5/12/2020
53E-4-408.
Instructional materials alignment with core standards for Utah public schools.
(1) For a school year beginning with or after the 2012-13 school year, a school district may not purchase primary instructional materials unless the primary instructional materials provider:
(a) contracts with an independent party to evaluate and map the alignment of the primary instructional materials with the core standards for Utah public schools adopted under Section 53E-3-501;
(b) provides a detailed summary of the evaluation under Subsection (1)(a) on a public website at no charge, for use by teachers and the general public; and
(c) pays the costs related to the requirements of this Subsection (1).
(2) The requirements under Subsection (1) may not be performed by:
(a) the state board;
(b) the state superintendent or employees of the state board;
(c) the State Instructional Materials Commission appointed pursuant to Section 53E-4-402;
(d) a local school board or a school district; or
(e) the instructional materials creator or publisher.
(3) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board shall make rules that establish:
(a) the qualifications of the independent parties who may evaluate and map the alignment of the primary instructional materials in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (1)(a); and
(b) requirements for the detailed summary of the evaluation and its placement on a public website in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (1)(b).
Amended by Chapter 408, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 2 - School Accountability System › Section 201 - Definitions.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-5-201.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Lowest performing 25% of students" means the proportion of a school's students who scored in the lowest 25% of students in the school on a statewide assessment based on the prior school year's scores.
(2) "Statewide assessment" means one or more of the following, as applicable:
(a) a standards assessment described in Section 53E-4-303;
(b) a high school assessment described in Section 53E-4-304;
(c) a college readiness assessment described in Section 53E-4-305; or
(d) an alternate assessment administered to a student with a disability.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 2 - School Accountability System › Section 202 - Statewide school accountability system -- State board rulemaking.

Effective 5/12/2020
53E-5-202.
Statewide school accountability system -- State board rulemaking.
(1) There is established a statewide school accountability system.
(2) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board shall make rules to implement the school accountability system in accordance with this part.
Amended by Chapter 408, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 2 - School Accountability System › Section 203 - Schools included in school accountability system -- Other indicators and point distribution for a school that serves a special student population.

Effective 5/3/2023
53E-5-203.
Schools included in school accountability system -- Other indicators and point distribution for a school that serves a special student population.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the state board shall include all public schools in the state in the school accountability system established under this part.
(2) The state board shall exempt from the school accountability system:
(a) a school in which the number of students tested on a statewide assessment for accountability is lower than the minimum sample size necessary, based on acceptable professional practice for statistical reliability, or when release of the information would violate 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232h, the prevention of the unlawful release of personally identifiable student data;
(b) if the United States Department of Education approves the state's application for a waiver of federal accountability requirements, a school with an opt out rate on statewide assessments for accountability that exceeds 50%;
(c) a school in the school's first year of operations if the school's local school board or charter school governing board requests the exemption; or
(d) a high school in the school's second year of operations if the school's local school board or charter school governing board requests the exemption.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this part, the state board may use to appropriately assess the educational impact of a school that serves a special student population:
(a) other indicators in addition to the indicators described in Section 53E-5-205 or 53E-5-206; or
(b) different point distribution than the point distribution described in Section 53E-5-207.
Amended by Chapter 527, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 2 - School Accountability System › Section 204 - Rating schools.

Effective 5/3/2023
53E-5-204.
Measuring schools.
(1) In accordance with this part, the state board shall annually measure and report on each school, in accordance with the Every Student Succeeds Act, Public Law No. 114-95, based on the school's performance level on the indicators described in Subsection (2).
(2) The state board shall base a school's reported performance described in Subsection (1) on the school's performance on the indicators described in:
(a) Section 53E-5-205, for an elementary school or a middle school; or
(b) Section 53E-5-206, for a high school.
Amended by Chapter 164, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 2 - School Accountability System › Section 205 - Indicators for elementary and middle schools.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-5-205.
Indicators for elementary and middle schools.
For an elementary school or a middle school, the state board shall assign the school's overall rating, in accordance with Section 53E-5-207, based on the school's performance on the following indicators:
(1) academic achievement as measured by performance on a statewide assessment of English language arts, mathematics, and science;
(2) academic growth as measured by progress from year to year on a statewide assessment of English language arts, mathematics, and science; and
(3) equitable educational opportunity as measured by:
(a) academic growth of the lowest performing 25% of students as measured by progress of the lowest performing 25% of students on a statewide assessment of English language arts, mathematics, and science; and
(b) except as provided in Section 53E-5-209, English learner progress as measured by performance on an English learner assessment established by the state board.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 2 - School Accountability System › Section 206 - Indicators for high schools.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-5-206.
Indicators for high schools.
For a high school, in accordance with Section 53E-5-207, the state board shall assign the school's overall rating based on the school's performance on the following indicators:
(1) academic achievement as measured by performance on a statewide assessment of English language arts, mathematics, and science;
(2) academic growth as measured by progress from year to year on a statewide assessment of English language arts, mathematics, and science;
(3) equitable educational opportunity as measured by:
(a) academic growth of the lowest performing 25% of students as measured by progress of the lowest performing 25% of students on a statewide assessment of English language arts, mathematics, and science; and
(b) except as provided in Section 53E-5-209, English learner progress as measured by performance on an English learner assessment established by the state board; and
(4) postsecondary readiness as measured by:
(a) the school's graduation rate, as described in Section 53E-5-207;
(b) student performance, as described in Section 53E-5-207, on a college readiness assessment described in Section 53E-4-305; and
(c) student achievement in advanced course work, as described in Section 53E-5-207.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 2 - School Accountability System › Section 208 - Calculation of total points awarded -- Maximum number of total points possible.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-5-208.
Calculation of total points awarded -- Maximum number of total points possible.
(1) Except as provided in Section 53E-5-209, the state board shall calculate the number of total points awarded to a school by totaling the number of points the state board awards to the school in accordance with Section 53E-5-207.
(2) The maximum number of total points possible under Subsection (1) is:
(a) for an elementary school or a middle school, 150 points; or
(b) for a high school, 225 points.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 2 - School Accountability System › Section 209 - Exclusion of English learner progress -- Calculation of total points awarded for a school with fewer than 10 English learners.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-5-209.
Exclusion of English learner progress -- Calculation of total points awarded for a school with fewer than 10 English learners.
(1) For a school that has fewer than 10 English learners, the state board shall:
(a) exclude the use of English learner progress in determining the school's overall rating by:
(i) awarding no points to the school for English learner progress described in Subsection 53E-5-207(3)(a)(iv); and
(ii) excluding the points described in Subsection 53E-5-207(3)(c)(iv) from the school's maximum points possible; and
(b) calculate the number of total points awarded to the school by totaling the number of points the state board awards to the school in accordance with Section 53E-5-207 subject to the exclusion described in Subsection (1)(a).
(2) The maximum number of total points possible under Subsection (1) is:
(a) for an elementary school or a middle school, 137 points; or
(b) for a high school, 212 points.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 2 - School Accountability System › Section 210 - State board duties -- Proficient level -- Student growth -- English learner adequate progress.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-5-210.
State board duties -- Proficient level -- Student growth -- English learner adequate progress.
(1)
(a) For the purpose of determining whether a student scores at or above the proficient level on a statewide assessment, the state board shall determine, through a process that evaluates student performance based on specific criteria, the minimum level that demonstrates proficiency for each statewide assessment.
(b) If the state board adjusts the minimum level that demonstrates proficiency described in Subsection (1)(a), the state board shall report the adjustment and the reason for the adjustment to the Education Interim Committee no later than 30 days after the day on which the state board makes the adjustment.
(2)
(a) For the purpose of determining whether a student's performance on a statewide assessment is equal to or exceeds the student's academic growth target, the state board shall calculate, for each individual student, the amount of growth necessary to achieve or maintain proficiency by a future school year determined by the state board.
(b) For the purpose of determining the amount of a student's growth on a statewide assessment compared to other students with similar prior assessment scores, the state board shall calculate growth as a percentile for a student using appropriate statistical methods.
(3) For the purpose of determining whether an English learner achieves adequate progress on an English learner assessment established by the state board, the state board shall determine the minimum progress that demonstrates adequate progress.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 2 - School Accountability System › Section 211 - Reporting.

Effective 5/5/2021
53E-5-211.
Reporting.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the state board shall annually publish on the state board's website a report card that includes for each school:
(a) the school's overall rating described in Subsection 53E-5-204(1);
(b) the school's performance on each indicator described in:
(i) Section 53E-5-205, for an elementary school or a middle school; or
(ii) Section 53E-5-206, for a high school;
(c) information comparing the school's performance on each indicator described in Subsection (1)(b) with:
(i) the average school performance; and
(ii) the school's performance in all previous years for which data is available;
(d) the percentage of students who participated in statewide assessments;
(e) for an elementary school, the percentage of students who read on grade level in grades 1 through 3; and
(f) for a high school, performance on Advanced Placement exams.
(2) The state board shall collect, but is not required to publish the information described in Subsection (1) related to the 2020-2021 school year.
(3) A school may include in the school's report card described in Subsection (1) up to two self-reported school quality indicators that:
(a) are approved by the state board for inclusion; and
(b) may include process or input indicators.
(4)
(a) The state board shall develop an individualized student achievement report that includes:
(i) information on the student's level of proficiency as measured by a statewide assessment; and
(ii) a comparison of the student's academic growth target and actual academic growth as measured by a statewide assessment.
(b) The state board shall, subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g, make the individualized student achievement report described in Subsection (4)(a) available for a school district or charter school to access electronically.
(c) A school district or charter school shall distribute an individualized student achievement report to the parent of the student to whom the report applies.
Amended by Chapter 346, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 3 - School Improvement and Leadership Development › Section 301 - Definitions.

Effective 5/3/2023
53E-5-301.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Charter school authorizer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-5-102.
(2) "Cohort" means all district schools and charter schools identified as:
(a) springboard schools based on school accountability results from the same school year; or
(b) elevate schools based on school accountability results from the same school year.
(3) "Continuous improvement expert" means a person identified by the state board under Section 53E-5-305.
(4) "Educator" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-6-102.
(5) "Elevate school" means a district school or charter school that:
(a) is not a Title I school;
(b) is implementing targeted support and improvement activities under 20 U.S.C. Sec. 6311; and
(c) has applied and been designated by the state board as an elevate school as described in Section 53E-5-302.1.
(6) "Final remedial year" means the second or third school year following the initial remedial year, as determined by the state board.
(7) "Initial remedial year" means the school year a district school or charter school is designated as a springboard school under Section 53E-5-302 or elevate school under Section 53E-5-302.1.
(8) "LEA governing board" means a local school board or charter school governing board.
(9) "School accountability system" means the school accountability system established in Part 2, School Accountability System.
(10) "School improvement committee" means a committee established under:
(a) for a district school, Section 53E-5-303; or
(b) for a charter school, Section 53E-5-304.
(11) "School improvement plan" means a plan described in:
(a) for a district school, Section 53E-5-303; or
(b) for a charter school, Section 53E-5-304.
(12) "Springboard school" means a district school or charter school that has been designated a springboard school by the state board because the school:
(a) is not a Title I school; and
(b) when ranked according to the percentage of possible points the state board awards under Title 53E, Chapter 5, Part 2, School Accountability System, averaged over three school years is:
(i) one of the five lowest performing elementary, middle, or junior high schools statewide; or
(ii) one of the two lowest performing high schools statewide.
Amended by Chapter 164, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 3 - School Improvement and Leadership Development › Section 302 - State board to designate springboard schools -- Needs assessment.

Effective 5/4/2022
53E-5-302.
State board to designate springboard schools -- Needs assessment.
(1) The state board shall:
(a) beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, and every four years thereafter, designate a school as a springboard school; and
(b) conduct a needs assessment for a springboard school by thoroughly analyzing the root causes of the springboard school's performance qualifying the school for designation as a springboard school.
(2) The state board may use up to 5% of the appropriation provided under this part to hire or contract with one or more individuals to conduct a needs assessment described in Subsection (1)(b).
Amended by Chapter 473, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 3 - School Improvement and Leadership Development › Section 302.1 - State board to designate elevate schools -- Needs assessment.

Effective 5/4/2022
53E-5-302.1.
State board to designate elevate schools -- Needs assessment.
(1) Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, in every year that the state board does not designate a springboard school, the state board shall:
(a) accept applications to be designated an elevate school from schools that:
(i) are not Title I schools; and
(ii) are implementing targeted support and improvement activities under 20 U.S.C. Sec. 6311;
(b) identify at least six schools as elevate schools; and
(c) conduct a needs assessment for an elevate school by thoroughly analyzing the root causes of the school's previous performance of targeted support and improvement student groups.
(2) The state board may use up to 5% of the appropriation provided under this part to hire or contract with one or more individuals to conduct a needs assessment described in Subsection (1)(c).
Enacted by Chapter 473, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 3 - School Improvement and Leadership Development › Section 306 - Implications for failing to improve school performance.

Effective 5/3/2023
53E-5-306.
Implications for failing to improve school performance.
(1) As used in this section, "high performing charter school" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-5-502.
(2)
(a) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board shall make rules establishing:
(i) the final remedial year for a cohort;
(ii) exit criteria for a springboard school or elevate school;
(iii) criteria for granting a school an extension as described in Subsection (3); and
(iv) implications for a springboard school that does not meet exit criteria after the school's final remedial year or the last school year of the extension period described in Subsection (3).
(b) In establishing exit criteria for a springboard school, the state board shall:
(i) determine for each springboard school the number of points awarded under the school accountability system that represent a substantive improvement over the number of points awarded under the school accountability system in the school year immediately preceding the initial remedial year; and
(ii) establish a method to provide a target for each springboard school.
(c) The state board shall through a competitively awarded contract engage a third party with expertise in school accountability and assessments to verify the exit criteria adopted under Subsections (2)(a)(i) and (ii).
(3)
(a) A springboard school may petition the state board for an extension to continue school improvement efforts for up to two years if the springboard school does not meet the exit criteria established by the state board as described in Subsection (2).
(b) A school that has been granted an extension under this Subsection (3) is eligible for continued funding under Section 53E-5-305.
(4) If a springboard school does not meet exit criteria after the school's final remedial year or the last school year of the extension period, the state board may intervene by:
(a) restructuring a district school, which may include:
(i) contract management; or
(ii) conversion to a charter school;
(b) restructuring a charter school by:
(i) terminating a school's charter agreement;
(ii) closing a charter school; or
(iii) transferring operation and control of the charter school to:
(A) a high performing charter school; or
(B) the school district in which the charter school is located; or
(c) other appropriate action as determined by the state board.
Amended by Chapter 164, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 3 - School Improvement and Leadership Development › Section 309 - School Leadership Development Program.

Effective 5/3/2023
53E-5-309.
School Leadership Development Program.
(1) As used in this section, "school leader" means a school principal or assistant principal.
(2) There is created the School Leadership Development Program to increase the supply of highly effective school leaders capable of:
(a) initiating, achieving, and sustaining school improvement efforts; and
(b) forming and sustaining community partnerships as described in Section 53F-5-402.
(3) The state board shall identify one or more providers, through a request for proposals process, to develop or provide leadership development training for school leaders that:
(a) may provide in-depth training in proven strategies to improve springboard schools and elevate schools;
(b) may emphasize hands-on and job-embedded learning;
(c) aligns with the state's leadership standards established by state board rule;
(d) reflects the needs of a school district or charter school where a school leader serves;
(e) may include training on using student achievement data to drive decisions;
(f) may develop skills in implementing and evaluating evidence-based instructional practices;
(g) may develop skills in leading collaborative school improvement structures, including professional learning communities; and
(h) includes instruction on forming and sustaining community partnerships as described in Section 53F-5-402.
(4) Subject to legislative appropriations, the state board shall provide incentive pay to a school leader who:
(a) completes leadership development training under this section; and
(b) agrees to work, for at least five years, in a school that ranked in the lowest performing 20% of schools under the school accountability system in the school year previous to the first year the school leader:
(i) completes leadership development training; and
(ii) begins to work, or continues to work, in a school described in this Subsection (4)(b).
(5) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board shall make rules specifying:
(a) eligibility criteria for a school leader to participate in the School Leadership Development Program;
(b) application procedures for the School Leadership Development Program;
(c) criteria for selecting school leaders from the application pool; and
(d) procedures for awarding incentive pay under Subsection (4).
Amended by Chapter 164, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 3 - School Improvement and Leadership Development › Section 310 - Reporting requirement.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-5-310.
Reporting requirement.
In accordance with Section 53E-1-203, the state board shall report on the provisions of this part.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
Amended by Chapter 324, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 5 - Accountability › Part 3 - School Improvement and Leadership Development › Section 311 - Coordination with the Partnerships for Student Success Grant Program.

Effective 5/4/2022
53E-5-311.
Coordination with the Partnerships for Student Success Grant Program.
If a springboard school or elevate school is a member of a partnership that receives a grant under Title 53F, Chapter 5, Part 4, Partnerships for Student Success Grant Program, the school improvement committee shall:
(1) coordinate the school improvement committee's efforts with the efforts of the partnership; and
(2) ensure that the goals and outcomes of the partnership are aligned with the school improvement plan described in this part.
Amended by Chapter 473, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 6 - Education Professional Licensure › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 102 - Definitions.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-6-102.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Certificate" means a license issued by a governmental jurisdiction outside the state.
(2) "Educator" means:
(a) a person who holds a license;
(b) a teacher, counselor, administrator, librarian, or other person required, under rules of the state board, to hold a license; or
(c) a person who is the subject of an allegation which has been received by the state board or UPPAC and was, at the time noted in the allegation, a license holder or a person employed in a position requiring licensure.
(3) "License" means an authorization issued by the state board that permits the holder to serve in a professional capacity in the public schools.
(4) "National Board certification" means a current certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
(5) "School" means a public or private entity that provides educational services to a minor child.
(6) "UPPAC" means the Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 6 - Education Professional Licensure › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 103 - Legislative findings on teacher quality -- Declaration of education as a profession.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-6-103.
Legislative findings on teacher quality -- Declaration of education as a profession.
(1)
(a) The Legislature acknowledges that education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments, recognizing that the future success of our state and nation depend in large part upon the existence of a responsible and educated citizenry.
(b) The Legislature further acknowledges that the primary responsibility for the education of children within the state resides with their parents and that the role of state and local governments is to support and assist parents in fulfilling that responsibility.
(2)
(a) The Legislature finds that:
(i) quality teaching is the basic building block of successful schools and, outside of home and family circumstances, the essential component of student achievement;
(ii) the high quality of teachers is absolutely essential to enhance student achievement and to assure educational excellence in each classroom in the state's public schools; and
(iii) the implementation of a comprehensive continuum of data-driven strategies regarding recruitment, preservice, licensure, induction, professional development, and evaluation is essential if the state and its citizens expect every classroom to be staffed by a skilled, caring, and effective teacher.
(b) In providing for the safe and effective performance of the function of educating Utah's children, the Legislature further finds it to be of critical importance that education, including instruction, administrative, and supervisory services, be recognized as a profession, and that those who are licensed or seek to become licensed and to serve as educators:
(i) meet high standards both as to qualifications and fitness for service as educators through quality recruitment and preservice programs before assuming their responsibilities in the schools;
(ii) maintain those standards in the performance of their duties while holding licenses, in large part through participating in induction and ongoing professional development programs focused on instructional improvement;
(iii) receive fair, systematic evaluations of their performance at school for the purpose of enhancing the quality of public education and student achievement; and
(iv) have access to a process for fair examination and review of allegations made against them and for the administration of appropriate sanctions against those found, in accordance with due process, to have failed to conduct themselves in a manner commensurate with their authority and responsibility to provide appropriate professional services to the children of the state.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 6 - Education Professional Licensure › Part 2 - Licensing › Section 201 - State board licensure.

Effective 5/3/2023
53E-6-201.
State board licensure.
(1) The state board shall establish in rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, a system for educator licensing that includes:
(a) an associate educator license that permits an individual to provide educational services in a public school while working to meet the requirements of a professional educator license;
(b) a professional educator license that permits an individual to provide educational services in a public school after demonstrating that the individual meets licensure requirements established in state board rule;
(c) an LEA-specific educator license issued by the state board at the request of an LEA's governing body that is valid for an individual to provide educational services in the requesting LEA's schools; and
(d) beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, a provider-specific license issued by the state board at the request of an authorized online course provider described in Subsection 53F-4-504 that:
(i) is valid for an individual to provide educational services to a student enrolled in an online course described in 53F-4-503; and
(ii) contains eligibility criteria that is no more stringent than the requirements for a license described in Subsection (1)(c).
(2) An individual employed in a position that requires licensure by the state board shall hold the license that is appropriate to the position.
(3)
(a) The state board may by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, rank, endorse, or otherwise classify licenses and establish the criteria for obtaining, retaining, and reinstating licenses.
(b) An educator who is enrolling in a course of study at an institution within the state system of higher education to satisfy the state board requirements for retaining a license is exempt from tuition, except for a semester registration fee established by the Utah Board of Higher Education, if:
(i) the educator is enrolled on the basis of surplus space in the class after regularly enrolled students have been assigned and admitted to the class in accordance with regular procedures, normal teaching loads, and the institution's approved budget; and
(ii) enrollments are determined by each institution under rules and guidelines established by the Utah Board of Higher Education in accordance with findings of fact that space is available for the educator's enrollment.
Amended by Chapter 368, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 53E - Public Education System -- State Administration › Chapter 6 - Education Professional Licensure › Part 2 - Licensing › Section 204 - Exemptions from licensure.

Effective 5/14/2019
53E-6-204.
Exemptions from licensure.
Except as otherwise provided by statute or rule, a spouse of an individual serving in the armed forces of the United States while the individual is stationed within this state may work as an educator without being licensed under this title if:
(1) the spouse holds a valid educator license issued by any other state or jurisdiction recognized by the state board; and
(2) the license is current and the spouse is in good standing in the state or jurisdiction of licensure.
Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session