Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53F > Chapter 4 > Part 3 - Carson Smith Scholarship Program

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Assessment team: means a team consisting of:
       (1)(a) the student's parent;
       (1)(b) the student's private school classroom teacher;
       (1)(c) special education personnel from the student's school district; and
       (1)(d) if available, special education personnel from the private school at which the student is enrolled. See Utah Code 53F-4-301
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Eligible private school: means a private school that meets the requirements of Section 53F-4-303. See Utah Code 53F-4-301
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:
       (16)(a) exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior; and
       (16)(b) is manifested during the developmental period as defined in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• LEA: means :
       (3)(a) a school district; or
       (3)(b) a charter school. See Utah Code 53F-4-301
• Preschool: means an education program for a student who:
       (4)(a) is age three, four, or five; and
       (4)(b) has not entered kindergarten. See Utah Code 53F-4-301
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Scholarship student: means a student who receives a scholarship under this part. See Utah Code 53F-4-301
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Value of the weighted pupil unit: means the amount established each year in statute that is multiplied by the number of weighted pupil units to yield the funding level for the basic state-supported school program. See Utah Code 53F-4-301
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5