Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53E > Chapter 4 - Academic Standards, Assessments, and Materials

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Charter school governing board: means the board that governs a charter school. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• Commission: means the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission created in Section 20A-20-201. See Utah Code 20A-20-102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• IEP: means a written statement for a student with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Utah Code 53E-1-102
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• instructional materials: means textbooks or materials used as, or in place of, textbooks and which may be used within the state curriculum framework for courses of study by students in public schools, including:
  (1) textbooks;
  (2) workbooks;
  (3) computer software;
  (4) online or Internet courses; and
  (5) audio and video media. See Utah Code 53E-4-401
• 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
• Parent: means a parent or legal guardian. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• Public education code: means :
       (10)(a) this title;
       (10)(b) Title 53F, Public Education System -- Funding; and
       (10)(c) Title 53G, Public Education System -- Local Administration. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• 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
• Statewide assessment: means one or more of the following, as applicable:
       (2)(a) a standards assessment described in Section 53E-4-303;
       (2)(b) a high school assessment described in Section 53E-4-304;
       (2)(c) a college readiness assessment described in Section 53E-4-305; or
       (2)(d) an assessment of students in grade 3 to measure reading grade level described in Section 53E-4-307. See Utah Code 53E-4-301
• Voter: means an individual who:
       (79)(a) meets the requirements for voting in an election;
       (79)(b) meets the requirements of election registration;
       (79)(c) is registered to vote; and
       (79)(d) is listed in the official register book. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5