Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 35A > Chapter 15 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the Department of Workforce Services. See Utah Code 35A-15-102
• Economically disadvantaged: means to be eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch. See Utah Code 35A-15-102
• Eligible private provider: means a child care program that:
            (4)(a)(i) is licensed under Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 4, Child Care Licensing; or
            (4)(a)(ii) except as provided in Subsection (4)(b)(ii), is exempt from licensure under Section 26B-2-405. See Utah Code 35A-15-102
• Evaluation: means an evaluation conducted in accordance with Section 35A-15-303. See Utah Code 35A-15-102
• High quality school readiness program: means a preschool program that:
       (7)(a) is provided by an eligible LEA or eligible private provider; and
       (7)(b) meets the elements of a high quality school readiness program described in Section 35A-15-202. See Utah Code 35A-15-102
• Investor: means a person that enters into a results-based contract to provide funding to a high quality school readiness program on the condition that the person will receive payment in accordance with Section 35A-15-402 if the high quality school readiness program meets the performance outcome measures included in the results-based contract. See Utah Code 35A-15-102
• LEA: means a school district or charter school. See Utah Code 35A-15-102
• Mother: means a parent who is of the female sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Performance outcome measure: means :
       (11)(a) indicators, as determined by the department, on the school readiness assessment; or
       (11)(b) for a results-based contract, the indicators included in the contract. See Utah Code 35A-15-102
• 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
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Results-based contract: means a contract that:
       (12)(a) is entered into in accordance with Section 35A-15-402;
       (12)(b) includes a performance outcome measure; and
       (12)(c) is between the department, a provider of a high quality school readiness program, and an investor. See Utah Code 35A-15-102
• Risk factor: means :
       (13)(a) having a mother who was 18 years old or younger when the child was born;
       (13)(b) a member of a child's household is incarcerated;
       (13)(c) living in a neighborhood with high violence or crime;
       (13)(d) having one or both parents with a low reading ability;
       (13)(e) moving at least once in the past year;
       (13)(f) living with multiple families in the same household;
       (13)(g) having exposure in a child's home to:

            (13)(g)(i) physical abuse or domestic violence;

            (13)(g)(ii) substance abuse;

            (13)(g)(iii) the death or chronic illness of a parent or sibling; or

            (13)(g)(iv) mental illness; or
       (13)(h) having at least one parent who has not completed high school. See Utah Code 35A-15-102
• School readiness assessment: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-4-314. See Utah Code 35A-15-102
• 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 35A-15-102
• Tool: means the tool developed in accordance with Section 35A-15-303. See Utah Code 35A-15-102