Utah Admin. Code R277-604-3 - Private Schools, Eligible Schools and Qualifying Schools

(1) Private school and scholarship students who are Utah residents, as defined under Section 53G-6-302, may participate in statewide assessments.

(2) Private school students who are not Utah residents may participate in statewide assessments only by payment in advance of the full cost of administering individual assessments to the LEA as determined by local school board policy.

(3)

(a) If a private school, eligible school, or qualifying school is interested in participating in statewide assessments, an LEA may allow the private school, eligible school, or qualifying school to participate with the LEA's students.

(b) An LEA may determine at which public schools within the LEA private school or scholarship students may take statewide assessments.

(c) A private school, eligible school, or qualifying school may request the following from the LEA with whom the private school, eligible school, or qualifying school is testing its students:

(i) an annual schedule of statewide assessment dates;

(ii) the locations at which private school students may be tested; and

(iii) policies for private school student participation.

(4) An LEA shall develop a policy regarding private school and scholarship student participation in statewide assessments, which shall include:

(a) reasonable costs for the participation of Utah private school or scholarship students in statewide assessments to be paid in advance by either the student or the student's private school, eligible school, or qualifying school;

(b) an explanation of reasonable costs including costs for administration materials, scoring, and reporting of assessment results;

(c) notice to private school, eligible school, or qualifying school administrators of any required private school, eligible school, or qualifying school administrator participation in monitoring or proctoring of tests;

(d) reasonable timelines for private school requests for participation and LEA response; and

(e) except as provided in Subsection (5), shall prohibit the release or sharing of student results to any entity other than the private school, eligible school, qualifying school, program manager, the scholarship student, or the scholarship student's parent.

(5) If a private school student or scholarship student is partially enrolled in a public school, the public school may also receive the student results described in Subsection (4)(e).

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Utah Admin. Code R277-604-3

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-1, effective 12/8/2016 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2019-16, effective 7/31/2019 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-11, effective 5/26/2020 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-24, effective 12/11/2023