Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53E > Chapter 10 - Other Programs

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Career and technical education course: means a concurrent enrollment course in career and technical education, as determined by the policy established by the Utah Board of Higher Education under Section 53E-10-302. See Utah Code 53E-10-301
• Concurrent enrollment: means enrollment in a course offered through the concurrent enrollment program described in Section 53E-10-302. See Utah Code 53E-10-301
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Director: means the director of ULEAD appointed under this part. See Utah Code 53E-10-701
• Eligible institution: means :
       (4)(a) a degree-granting institution of higher education or a technical college within the state system of higher education, as identified in Section 53B-1-102; or
       (4)(b) a degree-granting institution of higher education or a technical college within the state system of higher education, as identified in Section 53B-1-102, that offers an online concurrent enrollment course. See Utah Code 53E-10-301
• Eligible instructor: means an instructor who meets the requirements described in Section 53E-10-302. See Utah Code 53E-10-301
• Eligible student: means a student who:
       (6)(a)

            (6)(a)(i) is enrolled in, and counted in average daily membership in, a public school within the state; or

            (6)(a)(ii) is in the custody of the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services and subject to the jurisdiction of the Youth Parole Authority;
       (6)(b) has on file a plan for college and career readiness as described in Section 53E-2-304; and
       (6)(c) is in grade 9, 10, 11, or 12. See Utah Code 53E-10-301
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• 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.
• LEA: means a public:
       (3)(a) school district;
       (3)(b) school; or
       (3)(c) charter school. See Utah Code 53E-10-701
• LEA: means a school district or charter school. See Utah Code 53E-10-301
• LEA governing board: means :
       (5)(a) for a school district, the local school board;
       (5)(b) for a charter school, the charter school governing board; or
       (5)(c) for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, the state board. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Parent: means a parent or legal guardian. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• Participating institution: means a public or private research institution that enters into an arrangement with the director to provide research and other services described in this part. See Utah Code 53E-10-701
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Personal property: includes :
       (25)(a) money;
       (25)(b) goods;
       (25)(c) chattels;
       (25)(d) effects;
       (25)(e) evidences of a right in action;
       (25)(f) a written instrument by which a pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished; and
       (25)(g) a right or interest in an item described in Subsections (25)(a) through (f). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Qualifying experience: means an LEA employee's experience in an academic field that:
       (9)(a) qualifies the LEA employee to teach a concurrent enrollment course in the academic field; and
       (9)(b) may include the LEA employee's:

            (9)(b)(i) number of years teaching in the academic field;

            (9)(b)(ii) holding a higher level secondary teaching credential issued by the state board;

            (9)(b)(iii) research, publications, or other scholarly work in the academic field;

            (9)(b)(iv) continuing professional education in the academic field;

            (9)(b)(v) portfolio of work related to the academic field; or

            (9)(b)(vi) professional work experience or certifications in the academic field. See Utah Code 53E-10-301
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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.
• Research clearinghouse: means a collection of information maintained and distributed by ULEAD in accordance with Section 53E-10-706. See Utah Code 53E-10-701
• selection committee: means the committee created in Section 53E-10-704 that appoints the director. See Utah Code 53E-10-701
• State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• State superintendent: means the state superintendent of public instruction appointed under Section 53E-3-301. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• Steering committee: means the committee that:
       (6)(a) advises the director;
       (6)(b) sets research priorities as described in this part; and
       (6)(c) is created in Section 53E-10-707. See Utah Code 53E-10-701
• ULEAD: means Utah Leading through Effective, Actionable, and Dynamic Education through the efforts of the director, participating institutions, and the steering committee as described in this part. See Utah Code 53E-10-701
• Value of the weighted pupil unit: means the amount established each year in the enacted public education budget that is multiplied by the number of weighted pupil units to yield the funding level for the basic state-supported school program. See Utah Code 53E-10-301