Section 201 – Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind created — Designated LEA — Services statewide.
Effective 5/14/2019 53E-8-201. Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind created — Designated LEA — Services statewide. (1) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind is created as a single public school agency that includes: (a) the Utah School for the Deaf; (b) the Utah School for the Blind; (c) programs for […]
Section 202 – Corporate powers — Property — Establishment of a foundation.
Effective 1/24/2018 53E-8-202. Corporate powers — Property — Establishment of a foundation. (1) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind is a public corporation with perpetual succession and a corporate seal. (2) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind may: (a) sue and be sued; (b) contract and be contracted with; […]
Section 405 – Program donations — Scholarship granting organization requirements.
Effective 5/4/2022 53E-7-405. Program donations — Scholarship granting organization requirements. (1) A person that makes a donation to a scholarship granting organization to help fund scholarships through the program may be eligible to receive a nonrefundable tax credit as described in Sections 59-7-625 and 59-10-1041. (2) In accordance with Section 53E-7-404, an organization may enter […]
Section 209 – Use of state special education funds.
Effective 5/4/2022 53E-7-209. Use of state special education funds. (1) An LEA may use state special education funds to: (a) provide an LEA special education program and specially designed instruction and related services and supports to an eligible student in the least restrictive environment; (b) employ appropriately credentialed staff necessary to provide specially designed instruction […]
Section 402 – Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program.
Effective 5/4/2022 53E-7-402. Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program. (1) There is established the Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program under which a parent may apply to a scholarship granting organization on behalf of the parent’s student for a scholarship to help cover the cost of a scholarship expense. (2) (a) A scholarship granting organization shall: (i) […]
Section 403 – Qualifying school requirements.
Effective 1/1/2021 53E-7-403. Qualifying school requirements. (1) A qualifying school shall: (a) notify a scholarship granting organization of the qualifying school’s intention to participate in the program; (b) submit evidence to the scholarship granting organization that the qualifying school has been approved by the state board under Section 53E-7-408; and (c) submit a signed affidavit […]
Section 404 – State board duties.
Effective 5/4/2022 53E-7-404. State board duties. (1) The state board shall: (a) publish on the state board’s website: (i) information about the program; and (ii) information about each scholarship granting organization; (b) conduct a financial review or audit of a scholarship granting organization, if the state board receives evidence of fraudulent practice by the scholarship […]
Section 202 – Free appropriate public education for eligible students.
Effective 5/14/2019 53E-7-202. Free appropriate public education for eligible students. An eligible student who has not received a regular high school diploma is entitled to a free appropriate public education. Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 187, 2019 General Session
Section 204 – State board special education authority and duties — Rulemaking.
Effective 5/4/2022 53E-7-204. State board special education authority and duties — Rulemaking. (1) The state board shall have general control and supervision over LEA special education programs in the state for eligible students. (2) A program described in Subsection (1) shall comply with state board rule. (3) In accordance with federal and state law, the […]
Section 206 – Special education funding.
Effective 5/4/2022 53E-7-206. Special education funding. In accordance with Title 53F, Chapter 2, State Funding — Minimum School Program, state board rule, and other applicable law, the state board shall administer the payment of restricted state and federal funds to an LEA to provide special education to an eligible student. Amended by Chapter 431, 2022 […]