Utah Code 63N-20-106. Audit and evaluation
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(1) The state auditor shall every three years:
Terms Used In Utah Code 63N-20-106
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- 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
(1)(a) conduct an audit of the contractor’s use of funds for UPSTART; or
(1)(b) contract with an independent certified public accountant to conduct an audit.
(2) The office shall:
(2)(a) require the contractor to open the contractor’s books and records relating to the contractor’s expenditure of funds to the state auditor or the state auditor’s designee;
(2)(b) reimburse the state auditor for the actual and necessary costs of the audit; and
(2)(c) contract with an independent, qualified evaluator, selected through a request for proposals process, to evaluate the home-based educational technology program.
(3) The evaluator described in Subsection (2)(c) shall use, among other indicators, assessment scores from an assessment described in Section 53G-7-203 to evaluate whether the contractor has effectively prepared preschool children for academic success as described in Section 63N-20-102.
(4) Of the money appropriated by the Legislature for UPSTART, no more than 7.5% of the appropriation not to exceed $600,000 may be used for the evaluation and administration of the program.