2023 Utah Code › Title 35A - Utah Workforce Services Code › Chapter 15 - Preschool Programs › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 102 - Definitions.

Effective 5/3/2023
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 26B-2-405(2)(e).
(5)
(a) "Eligible private provider" means a child care program that:
(i) is licensed under Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 4, Child Care Licensing; or
(ii) except as provided in Subsection (5)(b)(ii), is exempt from licensure under Section 26B-2-405.
(b) "Eligible private provider" does not include:
(i) residential child care, as defined in Section 26B-2-401; or
(ii) a program exempt from licensure under Subsection 26B-2-405(2)(e).
(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(8); 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;
(ii) is an English learner; or
(iii) is in foster care.
(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 53G-7-203.
(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 252, 2023 General Session
Amended by Chapter 328, 2023 General Session