Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53F > Chapter 4 - State Funding -- Contracted Initiatives

• 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.
• 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
• Assessment team: means a team consisting of:
       (1)(a) the student's parent;
       (1)(b) the student's private school classroom teacher;
       (1)(c) special education personnel from the student's school district; and
       (1)(d) if available, special education personnel from the private school at which the student is enrolled. See Utah Code 53F-4-301
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Authorized online course provider: means the entities listed in Subsection 53F-4-504(1). See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• Certified online course provider: means a provider that the state board approves to offer courses through the Statewide Online Education Program. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• Credit: means credit for a high school course, or the equivalent for a middle school course, as determined by the state board. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Eligible private school: means a private school that meets the requirements of Section 53F-4-303. See Utah Code 53F-4-301
• Eligible student: means a student:
            (4)(a)(i) who intends to take a course for middle school or high school credit; and
            (4)(a)(ii)

                 (4)(a)(ii)(A) who is enrolled in an LEA in Utah;

                 (4)(a)(ii)(B) who attends a private school or home school andwhose custodial parent is a resident of Utah; or

                 (4)(a)(ii)(C) who is an exchange student residing in Utah and enrolled in an LEA or private school in Utah. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• Exchange student: means a student sponsored by an agency approved by an LEA or private school governing board or a student who has an F-1, J-1, or J-2 visa. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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
• High school: means grade 9, 10, 11, or 12. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:
       (16)(a) exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior; and
       (16)(b) is manifested during the developmental period as defined in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• LEA: means :
       (3)(a) a school district; or
       (3)(b) a charter school. See Utah Code 53F-4-301
• Marital deduction: The deduction(s) that can be taken in the determination of gift and estate tax liabilities because of the existence of a marriage or marital relationship.
• Middle school: means , only for purposes of student eligibility to participate in the Statewide Online Education Program, grade 6, 7, or 8. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• Online course: means a course of instruction offered by the Statewide Online Education Program through the use of digital technology, regardless of whether the student participates in the course at home, at school, at another location, or any combination of these. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• Plan for college and career readiness: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-2-304. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• Preschool: means an education program for a student who:
       (4)(a) is age three, four, or five; and
       (4)(b) has not entered kindergarten. See Utah Code 53F-4-301
• primary LEA: means the LEA in which an eligible student is enrolled for courses other than online courses offered through the Statewide Online Education Program. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• Released-time: means a period of time during the regular school day a student is excused from school at the request of the student's parent pursuant to rules of the state board. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• Scholarship student: means a student who receives a scholarship under this part. See Utah Code 53F-4-301
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Supplemental appropriation: Budget authority provided in an appropriations act in addition to regular or continuing appropriations already provided. Supplemental appropriations generally are made to cover emergencies, such as disaster relief, or other needs deemed too urgent to be postponed until the enactment of next year's regular appropriations act.
• Value of the weighted pupil unit: means the amount established each year in statute 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 53F-4-301