Utah Admin. Code R277-726-2 - Definitions
(1) "Actively participates" means, for
purposes of an initial funding distribution described in Section
53F-4-505, the student actively
participates as defined by the provider in a written standard of active
participation on record with the Superintendent.
(2) "Applicable statewide assessments" means:
(b) a standards assessment as defined in
Section 53E-4-303; and
(c) a Utah alternative assessment as defined
in Rule R277-404.
(3)
"Approved absence" means an absence permitted in accordance with Subsection
53G-6-803(5).
(4) "Authorized online course provider" or
"provider" means the same as the term is defined in Section
53F-4-501.
(5) "Certified online course provider" means
the same as the term is defined in Section 53F-4-501.
(6) "Course completion" means that a student
has completed a course with a passing grade and the provider has transmitted
the course title, course code, grade, and credit to the primary LEA of
enrollment and the Superintendent.
(7) "Course Credit Acknowledgment" or "CCA"
means an agreement and registration record that:
(a) uses the Statewide Online Education
Program application provided by the Superintendent; and
(b) except as provided in Section
53F-4-508, is signed by the
designee of the primary school of enrollment, and the qualified
provider.
(8) "Effective
Date" means that, notwithstanding Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative
Rulemaking Act, a delayed effective date that the Board is required to provide
after the school year has ended for changes in administrative rule related to
the Statewide Online Education Program, as described in Subsection
53F-4-514(1).
(9)
(a)
"Eligible student" means the same as the term is defined in Section
53F-4-501.
(b) A student up to the age of 19 in an adult
education program may be an "eligible student" if the student re-enrolls in a
public or private secondary school before the student's cohort's date of
graduation.
(c) "Eligible student"
does not include a student receiving a scholarship under Title 53F, Chapter 6,
Part 4, Utah Fits All Scholarship Program.
(10) "Enrollment confirmation" means a
provider's certification that a student initially registered and actively
participated, as defined under Subsections (1) and (23)(b).
(11) "Executed CCA" means a CCA that has been
executed pursuant to Subsection
53F-4-508(3) and
received by the Superintendent.
(12) "Fee" means the same as the term is
defined in Rule R277-407.
(13)
"High school" means the same as the term is defined in Section
53F-4-501.
(14) "LEA" includes, for purposes of this
rule, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
(15) "Middle school" means the same as the
term is defined in Section
53F-4-501.
(16) "Online course" means the same as the
term is defined in Section 53F-4-501 regardless of whether the student
participates in the online course at home, at a school, at another location, or
in any combination of these settings.
(17) "Online course payment" means the amount
of funds withheld from a student's primary LEA and disbursed, or otherwise paid
to the designated provider following satisfaction of the requirements of the
law, and as directed in Subsection
53F-4-507(2) and
Section 53F-4-518.
(18) "Primary LEA of enrollment" means:
(a) the LEA reporting the student to be in
regular membership, and special education membership, if applicable;
and
(b) the LEA in which an
eligible student is enrolled for courses other than online courses offered
through the Statewide Online Education Program.
(19) "Primary school of enrollment" means:
(a) a student's school of record within a
primary LEA of enrollment;
(b) the
school that maintains the student's cumulative file, enrollment information,
individualized education program, and transcript for purposes of high school
graduation; and
(c) the school
responsible for oversight and implementation of the student's educational
requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
(20) "Resident school" means the
district school within whose attendance boundaries the student's custodial
parent or legal guardian resides.
(21) "School" means the same as the term is
defined in Rule R277-100.
(22)
"Section 504" means Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
29 U.S.C.
794.
(23) "Standard of active participation"
means:
(a) the measure of student engagement
used by an authorized online course provider to count a student in attendance
and participation at least once every ten school days for a course consistent
with Section R277-419-5;
(b) a document articulating evidence
validating student participation contained in a learning management system and
used by an authorized online course provider to qualify to receive payment as
provided in Subsection
53F-4-505(4),
including determining when a student is actively participating in a course
defined in Section
53F-4-501; and
(c) the measure of student engagement used to
monitor program outcomes and program financial compliance in accordance with
Rule R277-114.
(24)
"Statewide Online Education Program" or "program" means the Statewide Online
Education Program created in Section
53F-4-502.
(25) "Teacher of record" means the teacher
who is assigned by a provider and to whom students are assigned for purposes of
reporting and data submissions to the Superintendent in accordance with Section
R277-484-3 and this
rule.
(26) "Underenrolled student"
means a student with less than a full course load, as defined by the LEA,
during the regular school day at the student's primary school of
enrollment.
(27) "USBE course code"
means a code for a designated subject matter course assigned by the
Superintendent.
(28) "Withdrawal
from online course" means that a student withdraws from or ceases participation
in an online course as follows:
(a) within 20
calendar days of the start date of the course, if the student enrolls on or
before the start date;
(b) within
20 calendar days of enrolling in a course, if the student enrolls after the
start date;
(c) within 20 calendar
days after the start date of the second 0.5 credit of a 1.0 credit
course;
(d) as the result of a
student suspension from an online course following adequately documented due
process by the provider; or
(e) as
a result of the student losing program eligibility, including when the student
moves out of state.
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