Section 407 – Illegal acts — Misdemeanor.
Effective 5/14/2019 53E-4-407. Illegal acts — Misdemeanor. It is a class B misdemeanor for a member of the commission or the state board to receive money or other remuneration as an inducement for the recommendation or introduction of instructional materials into the schools. Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
Section 408 – Instructional materials alignment with core standards for Utah public schools.
Effective 5/12/2020 53E-4-408. Instructional materials alignment with core standards for Utah public schools. (1) For a school year beginning with or after the 2012-13 school year, a school district may not purchase primary instructional materials unless the primary instructional materials provider: (a) contracts with an independent party to evaluate and map the alignment of the […]
Section 406 – Awarding instructional materials contracts.
Effective 5/14/2019 53E-4-406. Awarding instructional materials contracts. (1) The state board shall award contracts for furnishing instructional materials. (2) If a satisfactory proposal to furnish instructional materials is not received, a new request for proposals may be issued. Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session
Section 311 – Analysis of results — Staff professional development.
Effective 5/5/2021 53E-4-311. Analysis of results — Staff professional development. (1) The state board, through the state superintendent, shall develop an online data reporting tool to analyze the results of statewide assessments. (2) The online data reporting tool shall include components designed to: (a) assist school districts and individual schools to use the results of […]
Section 312 – Preparation for tests.
Effective 5/14/2019 53E-4-312. Preparation for tests. (1) School district employees may not conduct any specific instruction or preparation of students that would be a breach of testing ethics, such as the teaching of specific test questions. (2) School district employees who administer the test shall follow the standardization procedures in the test administration manual for […]
Section 313 – Construction of part.
Effective 1/24/2018 53E-4-313. Construction of part. Nothing in this part shall be construed to mean or represented to require that graduation from a high school or promotion to another grade is in any way dependent upon successful performance of any test administered as a part of the testing program established under this part. Renumbered and […]
Section 314 – School readiness assessment.
Effective 5/4/2022 53E-4-314. School readiness assessment. (1) As used in this section: (a) “School readiness assessment” means a preschool entry and exit profile that measures literacy, numeracy, and lifelong learning practices developed in a student. (b) “School readiness program” means a preschool program: (i) in which a student participates in the year before the student […]
Section 315 – Waiver of requirement to administer certain assessments.
Effective 4/22/2020 53E-4-315. Waiver of requirement to administer certain assessments. (1) A statutory requirement to administer an assessment with which an LEA or the state board has not fully complied at the time of statewide school closures beginning on March 16, 2020, is waived for the 2019-20 school year. (2) Nothing in this section prohibits […]
Section 402 – Creation of commission — Powers — Payment of expenses.
Affected by 63I-1-253 on 7/1/2027 Effective 5/14/2019 53E-4-402. Creation of commission — Powers — Payment of expenses. (1) The state board shall appoint a State Instructional Materials Commission consisting of: (a) the state superintendent or the state superintendent’s designee; (b) a school district superintendent; (c) a secondary school principal; (d) an elementary school principal; (e) […]
Section 403 – Commission’s evaluation of instructional materials — Recommendation by the state board.
Effective 5/4/2022 53E-4-403. Commission’s evaluation of instructional materials — Recommendation by the state board. (1) Semi-annually after reviewing the evaluations of the commission, the state board shall recommend instructional materials for use in the public schools. (2) The standard period of time instructional materials shall remain on the list of recommended instructional materials shall be […]