Effective 5/4/2022
53G-7-218. Establishment of early learning plan — Digital reporting platform.
53G-7-218. Establishment of early learning plan — Digital reporting platform.
- (1) A local school board of a school district or a charter school governing board of a charter school that serves students in any of kindergarten or grades 1 through 3 shall annually submit to the state board an early learning plan that includes:
- (a) the early literacy plan described in Section 53F-2-503, including:
- (i) the growth goal described in Subsection 53F-2-503(4)(d); and
- (ii) one goal that is specific to the school district or charter school as described in Subsection 53F-2-503(4)(e);
- (b) the early mathematics plan described in Section 53E-3-521, including:
- (i) a growth goal for the school district or charter school that:
- (A) is based upon student learning gains as measured by the mathematics benchmark assessment described in Section 53E-4-307.5; and
- (B) includes the target that the state board establishes under Section 53E-3-521; and
- (ii) one goal that:
- (A) is specific to the school district or charter school;
- (B) is measurable;
- (C) addresses current performance gaps in student mathematics proficiency based on data; and
- (D) includes specific strategies for improving outcomes; and
- (i) a growth goal for the school district or charter school that:
- (c) one additional goal related to literacy or mathematics that:
- (i) is specific to the school district or charter school;
- (ii) is measurable;
- (iii) addresses current performance gaps in student literacy or mathematics proficiency based on data; and
- (iv) includes specific strategies for improving outcomes.
- (a) the early literacy plan described in Section 53F-2-503, including:
- (2) A local school board or charter school governing board shall approve a plan described in Subsection (1) in a public meeting before submitting the plan to the state board.
- (3)
- (a) The state board shall:
- (i) provide model plans that a local school board or a charter school governing board may use;
- (ii) develop uniform standards for acceptable growth goals that a local school board or a charter school governing board adopts for a school district or charter school under this section; and
- (iii) review and approve or disapprove a plan submitted under this section.
- (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), a local school board or a charter school governing board may develop the board’s own plan.
- (a) The state board shall:
- (4) The state board shall:
- (a) develop strategies to provide support for a school district or charter school that fails to meet:
- (i)
- (A) the growth goal related to the state literacy target described in Subsection (1)(a)(i); or
- (B) the growth goal related to the state mathematics target described in Subsection (1)(b)(i); and
- (ii) one of the goals specific to the school district or charter school described in Subsections (1)(a)(ii), (1)(b)(ii), or (1)(c); and
- (i)
- (b) provide increasing levels of support to a school district or charter school that fails to meet the combination of goals described in Subsection (4)(a) for two consecutive years.
- (a) develop strategies to provide support for a school district or charter school that fails to meet:
- (5)
- (a) The state board shall use a digital reporting platform to provide information to school districts and charter schools about interventions that increase proficiency in literacy and mathematics.
- (b) The digital reporting platform described in Subsection (5)(a) shall include performance information for a school district or charter school on the goals described in Subsection (1).
Amended by Chapter 408, 2022 General Session