Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53G > Chapter 7 > Part 11 - Public School Membership in Associations

• 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.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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.
• Appeals panel: means the appeals panel created in Section 53G-7-1106. See Utah Code 53G-7-1101
• Association: means an organization that governs or regulates a student's participation in an athletic interscholastic activity. See Utah Code 53G-7-1101
• Classification: means the designation of a school based on the size of the school's student enrollment population for purposes of interscholastic activities. See Utah Code 53G-7-1101
• Eligibility: means eligibility to participate in an interscholastic activity regulated or governed by an association. See Utah Code 53G-7-1101
• 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.
• Governing body: means a body within an association that:
       (6)(a) is responsible for:

            (6)(a)(i) adopting standards or policies that govern interscholastic activities or the administration of the association;

            (6)(a)(ii) adopting or amending the association's governing document or bylaws;

            (6)(a)(iii) enforcing the standards and policies of the association; and

            (6)(a)(iv) adopting the association's budget; and
       (6)(b) has oversight of other boards, committees, councils, or bodies within the association. See Utah Code 53G-7-1101
• 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
• Interscholastic activity: means an activity within the state in which:
       (7)(a) a student that participates represents the student's school in the activity; and
       (7)(b) the participating student is enrolled in grade 9, 10, 11, or 12. See Utah Code 53G-7-1101
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public hearing: means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing. See Utah Code 53G-7-1101
• realignment: means the initial or subsequent act, respectively, of assigning a public school a classification or region. See Utah Code 53G-7-1101
• Region: means a grouping of schools of the same classification for purposes of interscholastic activities. See Utah Code 53G-7-1101
• Sex: means , in relation to an individual, the individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by:
       (34)(a) sex and reproductive organ anatomy;
       (34)(b) chromosomal makeup; and
       (34)(c) endogenous hormone profiles. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5