Utah Admin. Code R277-477-4 - School LAND Trust Plan Submission and Approval
(1) A public school receiving School LAND
Trust program funds shall have:
(a) a school
community council as required by Section
53G-7-1202 and Rule R277-491;
or
(b) a charter school trust land
council as required by Section
53G-7-1205.
(2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), the
USDB Advisory Council may fill the responsibilities of a school community
council for USDB.
(3) A public
school receiving School LAND Trust program funds shall submit a membership form
demonstrating compliance with the required membership in Subsection (1) that
includes a principal assurance consistent with Subsection
53G-7-1206(3)(c)
by October 20 annually.
(4)
(a) To receive funds, the principal of a
public school shall submit a School LAND Trust plan to the approving entity
annually through the School LAND Trust website using the form
provided.
(b) The Board may grant
an exemption to a school using the Superintendent-provided form, described in
Subsection (4)(a), on a case-by-case basis.
(5)
(a) The
principal of a school shall ensure that a council member has an opportunity to
provide a signature indicating the member's involvement in implementing the
current School LAND Trust plan and developing the school plan for the upcoming
year.
(b) The principal shall
collect a council member's signature at the Council plan approval meeting or at
a later time consistent with LEA policies.
(c) A school shall retain signatures
collected under Subsection (5)(b) for no less than three years.
(d) A school shall provide copies of
signatures collected under Subsection (5)(b) to the LEA governing board before
the Board plan approval meeting.
(e) An approving entity may design the
approving entity's own form to collect the information required by this
Subsection (5).
(f) A charter board
that serves as a charter trust land council is exempt from the requirement of
collecting signatures as outlined in this Subsection (5)(b).
(6)
(a) An approving entity for a district school
or a charter school shall establish a timeline, including a deadline, for a
school to submit a school's School LAND Trust plan.
(b) A timeline described in Subsection (6)(a)
shall:
(i) require a school's School LAND
Trust plan to be submitted to the approving entity with sufficient time so that
the approving entity may approve the school's School LAND Trust plan no later
than May 15 of each year for a district school or May 1 of each year for a
charter school; and
(ii) allow
sufficient time for a council to reconsider and amend the council's School LAND
Trust plan if the approving entity rejects the school's plan and still allow
the school to meet the May 15 date for a district school or May 1 for a charter
school consistent with this subsection.
(7)
(a) An
approving entity:
(i) shall consider a plan
annually; and
(ii) may approve or
disapprove a school plan.
(b) If an approving entity does not approve a
plan, the approving entity shall:
(i) provide
a written explanation why the approving entity did not approve the plan;
and
(ii) request that the school
revise the plan, consistent with Subsection
53G-7-1206(4)(d).
(8) After an approving
entity has completed the approving entity's review, the approving entity shall
notify the Superintendent that the review is complete.
(9) For an LEA to receive its full
distribution in July, the LEA shall submit plans with all required approvals
online no later than May 15 for a district school and May 1 for a charter
school.
(10)
(a) Before approving a plan, an approving
entity shall review a School LAND Trust plan under the approving entity's
purview to confirm that a School LAND Trust plan contains:
(i) academic goals;
(ii) specific steps to meet the academic
goals described in Subsection (11)(a)(i);
(iii) measurements to assess improvement;
and
(iv) specific expenditures
focused on student academic improvement needed to implement plan
goals.
(v) an explanation for any
planned carry-over that exceeds one-tenth of a school's allocation in the plan;
and
(vi) the date a council
approved the plan.
(b)
The approving entity shall determine whether a School LAND Trust plan is
evidence-based and consistent with the approving entity's pedagogy, programs,
and curriculum.
(c) The president
or chair of the approving entity shall provide training annually on the
requirements of Section 53G-7-1206 to the members of the approving
entity.
(11) By approving
a plan on the School LAND Trust website, the approving entity affirms that:
(a) the entity has reviewed the plan;
and
(b) the plan meets the
requirements of statute and rule.
(12)
(a)
After receiving the notice described in Subsection (10)(c), the Superintendent
shall review each School LAND Trust plan for compliance with the law governing
School LAND Trust plans.
(b) The
Superintendent shall report back to the approving entity concerning which
School LAND Trust plans were found to be out of compliance with the
law.
(c) An approving entity shall
ensure that a School LAND Trust plan that is found to be out of compliance with
the law by the Superintendent is amended or revised by the council to bring the
school's School LAND Trust plan into compliance with the law.
(13) A school shall implement a
plan as approved.
(14) If an
approving entity fails to comply with Subsection (12)(c), Superintendent may
report the failure to the Audit Committee of the Board as described in Section
R277-477-8.
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