Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 23A > Chapter 2 > Part 4 - Cooperative and Reciprocal Agreements

• absent: means the failure of a school-age child assigned to a class or class period to attend a class or class period. See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Annual charter school enrollment: means the total enrollment of all students in the state enrolled in a charter school in grades kindergarten through grade 12, based on October 1 enrollment counts. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Annual state enrollment: means the total enrollment of all students in the state enrolled in a public school in grades kindergarten through grade 12, based on October 1 enrollment counts. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• 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
• Authority: means the Utah Charter School Finance Authority created by this part. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• authorizer: means an entity listed in Section 53G-5-205 that authorizes a charter school. See Utah Code 53G-5-102
• Board: means the governing board of the authority described in Section 53G-5-602. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Certificate of registration: means a paper-based or electronic document issued under this title, or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board granting authority to engage in activities not covered by a license, permit, or tag. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Charter school: means a school created under this chapter. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Credit enhancement program: means the Charter School Credit Enhancement Program established in Section 53G-5-606. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Debt service reserve fund: means the reserve fund created or established by, or for the benefit of, a qualifying charter school for the purpose of paying principal of and interest on bonds issued under the credit enhancement program as the payments become due and other money of the qualifying charter school is not available to make the payments. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Debt service reserve fund requirement: means , as of a particular date of computation, and with respect to a particular issue of bonds, the amount required to be on deposit in the debt service reserve fund, which amount:
       (8)(a) may be a sum certain or as set forth in a formula; and
       (8)(b) may not be less than the maximum annual debt service requirement for the related bonds. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Director: means the director of the division appointed under Section 23A-2-202. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Educational neglect: means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102. See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fishing: means to take fish or crayfish by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Guardian: includes a person who:
       (14)(a) qualifies as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment; or
       (14)(b) is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a minor or incapacitated person. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Home-based microschool: means an individual or association of individuals that:
            (3)(a)(i) registers as a business entity in accordance with state and local laws; and
            (3)(a)(ii) for compensation, provides kindergarten through grade 12 education services to 16 or fewer students from an individual's residential dwelling, accessory dwelling unit, or residential property. See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• Hunting: means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Land: includes :
       (18)(a) land;
       (18)(b) a tenement;
       (18)(c) a hereditament;
       (18)(d) a water right;
       (18)(e) a possessory right; and
       (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Micro-education entity: means a person or association of persons that:
            (5)(a)(i) registers as a business entity in accordance with state and local laws; and
            (5)(a)(ii) for compensation, provides kindergarten through grade 12 education services to 100 students or fewer. See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• Minor: means an individual who is under 18 years old. See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Parent: includes :
       (7)(a) a custodial parent of the minor;
       (7)(b) a legally appointed guardian of a minor; or
       (7)(c) any other person purporting to exercise any authority over the minor which could be exercised by a person described in Subsection (7)(a) or (b). See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• Permit: means a paper-based or electronic document that grants authority to engage in specified activities under this title or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Person: means an individual, association, partnership, government agency, corporation, or an agent of the individual, association, partnership, government agency, or corporation. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Project: means :
       (10)(a) any building, structure, or property owned, to be acquired, or used by a charter school for any of its educational purposes and the related appurtenances, easements, rights-of-way, improvements, paving, utilities, landscaping, parking facilities, and lands; or
       (10)(b) any capital equipment owned, to be acquired, or used by a charter school for any of its educational purposes, interests in land, and grounds, together with the personal property necessary, convenient, or appurtenant to them. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Qualifying charter school: means a charter school that:
       (11)(a) meets standards adopted by the authority for participation in the credit enhancement program; and
       (11)(b) is designated by the authority as a qualifying charter school for purposes of participation in the credit enhancement program. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Reserve account: means the Charter School Reserve Account created in Section 53F-9-303. See Utah Code 53G-5-601
• School day: means the portion of a day that school is in session in which a school-age child is required to be in school for purposes of receiving instruction. See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• School year: means the period of time designated by a local school board or charter school governing board as the school year for the school where the school-age child:
       (9)(a) is enrolled; or
       (9)(b) should be enrolled, if the school-age child is not enrolled in school. See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• School-age child: means a minor who:
       (10)(a) is at least six years old but younger than 18 years old; and
       (10)(b) is not emancipated. See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• 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
• Tag: means a card, label, or other paper-based or electronic means of identification used to document harvest of protected wildlife. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Take: means to:
       (54)(a) hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, gather, angle, seine, trap, or kill protected wildlife; or
       (54)(b) attempt an action referred to in Subsection (54)(a). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Truant: means a condition in which a school-age child, without a valid excuse, and subject to Subsection (11)(b), is absent for at least:
            (11)(a)(i) half of the school day; or
            (11)(a)(ii) if the school-age child is enrolled in a learner verified program, as that term is defined by the state board, the relevant amount of time under the LEA's policy regarding the LEA's continuing enrollment measure as it relates to truancy. See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• Truant minor: means a school-age child who:
       (12)(a) is subject to the requirements of Section 53G-6-202 or 53G-6-203; and
       (12)(b) is truant. See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Valid excuse: means :
            (13)(a)(i) an illness, which may be either mental or physical, regardless of whether the school-age child or parent provides documentation from a medical professional;
            (13)(a)(ii) mental or behavioral health of the school-age child;
            (13)(a)(iii) a family death;
            (13)(a)(iv) an approved school activity;
            (13)(a)(v) an absence permitted by a school-age child's:

                 (13)(a)(v)(A) individualized education program; or

                 (13)(a)(v)(B) Section 504 accommodation plan;
            (13)(a)(vi) an absence permitted in accordance with Subsection 53G-6-803(5); or
            (13)(a)(vii) any other excuse established as valid by a local school board, charter school governing board, or school district. See Utah Code 53G-6-201
• Wildlife: means :
       (61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;
       (61)(b) mollusks; and
       (61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101