Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53E > Chapter 5 > Part 3 - School Improvement and Leadership Development

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• 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
• Charter agreement: means an agreement made in accordance with Section 53G-5-303 that authorizes the operation of a charter school. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• Charter school authorizer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-5-102. See Utah Code 53E-5-301
• Charter school governing board: means the board that governs a charter school. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• Cohort: means all district schools and charter schools identified as:
       (2)(a) springboard schools based on school accountability results from the same school year; or
       (2)(b) elevate schools based on school accountability results from the same school year. See Utah Code 53E-5-301
• Continuous improvement expert: means a person identified by the state board under Section 53E-5-305. See Utah Code 53E-5-301
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• District school: means a public school under the control of a local school board. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• Elevate school: means a district school or charter school that:
       (5)(a) is not a Title I school;
       (5)(b) is implementing targeted support and improvement activities under Utah Code 53E-5-301
• Final remedial year: means the second or third school year following the initial remedial year, as determined by the state board. See Utah Code 53E-5-301
• Initial remedial year: means the school year a district school or charter school is designated as a springboard school under Section 53E-5-302 or elevate school under Section Utah Code 53E-5-301
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• School accountability system: means the school accountability system established in Part 2, School Accountability System. See Utah Code 53E-5-301
• School improvement committee: means a committee established under:
       (10)(a) for a district school, Section 53E-5-303; or
       (10)(b) for a charter school, Section 53E-5-304. See Utah Code 53E-5-301
• School improvement plan: means a plan described in:
       (11)(a) for a district school, Section 53E-5-303; or
       (11)(b) for a charter school, Section 53E-5-304. See Utah Code 53E-5-301
• 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