Utah Code 53E-5-302. State board to designate springboard schools — Needs assessment
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(1) The state board shall:
Terms Used In Utah Code 53E-5-302
- 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.
- Springboard school: means a district school or charter school that has been designated a springboard school by the state board because the school:(12)(a) is not a Title I school; and(12)(b) when ranked according to the percentage of possible points the state board awards under Title 53E, Chapter 5, Part 2, School Accountability System, averaged over three school years is:(12)(b)(i) one of the five lowest performing elementary, middle, or junior high schools statewide; or(12)(b)(ii) one of the two lowest performing high schools statewide. See Utah Code 53E-5-301
- 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
- State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
(1)(a) beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, and every four years thereafter, designate a school as a springboard school; and(1)(b) conduct a needs assessment for a springboard school by thoroughly analyzing the root causes of the springboard school’s performance qualifying the school for designation as a springboard school.(2) The state board may use up to 5% of the appropriation provided under this part to hire or contract with one or more individuals to conduct a needs assessment described in Subsection (1)(b).