Section 1306 – School improvement oversight — Performance standards.

• (1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board shall make rules that:
  • (a) using a criteria-setting process, determine a threshold of points under the statewide school accountability system that designates a school as succeeding in school performance and student academic achievement; and
  • (b) determine performance standards for a school described in Section 53E-5-203.

• (2)
  • (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3), for each year following the year in which a school received approval for a success plan, an LEA governing board shall determine if the school:
    • (i) meets or exceeds the threshold of points described in Subsection (1);
    • (ii) has demonstrated at least a 1% increase in the school’s total points received under the statewide school accountability system compared to the previous school year; or
    • (iii) qualifies for and satisfies the performance standards described in Subsection (1)(b).
  • (b) If the LEA governing board determines that a school does not satisfy Subsection (2)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii), the LEA governing board shall:
    • (i) work with the school’s principal to modify the school’s success plan to address the school’s performance; and
    • (ii) oversee and adjust the school’s allocation expenditures until the LEA governing board determines the school satisfies Subsection (2)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii).

• (3) An LEA is not required to make the determination described in Subsection (2)(a) during the 2021-2022 school year.

Amended by Chapter 346, 2021 General Session