Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53F > Chapter 4 > Part 5 - Statewide Online Education Program

• 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
• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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
• 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
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• 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.
• High school: means grade 9, 10, 11, or 12. See Utah Code 53F-4-501
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• 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
• 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.