(1) As used in this section, “required report” means a report that statute or state board rule requires an LEA or the state board to make.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 53E-3-523

  • LEA: means :
         (6)(a) a school district;
         (6)(b) a charter school; or
         (6)(c) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
  • 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
  • State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2)

     (2)(a) The state board shall work with LEAs to develop a process to review required reports.
     (2)(b) The process described in Subsection (2)(a) shall include the following considerations for each required report:

          (2)(b)(i)

               (2)(b)(i)(A) the required report’s purpose; and
               (2)(b)(i)(B) the report’s effectiveness in accomplishing the report’s purpose;
          (2)(b)(ii) which entity requires the required report;
          (2)(b)(iii) which entity created the report requirements;
          (2)(b)(iv) which entity or individual reviews the required report;
          (2)(b)(v) whether the information in the required report is otherwise available or could be obtained another way;
          (2)(b)(vi) whether the required report is the least burdensome way to collect the information in the required report;
          (2)(b)(vii) whether accountability or transparency could be achieved through a means other than the required report;
          (2)(b)(viii) whether and how the Utah Schools Information Management System affects the required report;
          (2)(b)(ix) the estimated time and cost required to complete the required report for:

               (2)(b)(ix)(A) an LEA; or
               (2)(b)(ix)(B) the state board; and
          (2)(b)(x) the amount of appropriated program funding available for program purposes after program money is expended for completing a required report for the program.
(3) After reviewing required reports as described in Subsection (2), the state board may make recommendations for legislation to the Legislature.