Section R277-477-2 - Definitions(1) "Approving entity" means a school district board or a budget officer whom the school governing board appoints consistent with Section 53G-7-1206.(2) "Board plan approval meeting" means the meeting when the LEA governing board approves a school plan for the upcoming school year.(3)(a) "Charter trust land council" means a council comprised of a two person majority of parents or grandparents of students attending the charter school, elected by parents of students attending the charter school, convened to act in lieu of the school community council for the charter school.(b) "Charter trust land council" includes a charter school governing board if: (i) the charter governing board meets the two-parent majority requirement; and(ii) the charter school governing board chooses to serve as the charter trust land council.(4) "Council" means a school community council or a charter trust land council.(5) "Council plan approval meeting" means the meeting where a charter trust land council or school community council approves the school plan for the upcoming school year.(6) "Fall enrollment report" means the audited census of students registered in Utah public schools as reported in the audited October 1 Fall Enrollment Report of the previous year.(7) "Funds" means School LAND Trust program funding as defined in Section 53F-2-404.(8) "Most critical academic need" means an academic need, consistent with the core standards in Rule R277-700, identified by a council through the annual review of schoolwide assessment data and other relevant indicators.(9) "Newly opened charter school" means a charter school in its first two years of operation.(10) "Newly opened satellite school" means a satellite school in its first two years of operation.(11) "Parent," for a charter school, includes a grandparent of a student currently enrolled at the school.(12)(a) "Principal" means an administrator licensed as a principal in the state and employed in that capacity at a school.(b) "Principal" includes the director of a charter school.(13) "Satellite charter school" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section R277-550-2.(14) "Student" means a child in public school grades kindergarten through 12 counted on the fall enrollment report of an LEA.(15) "Teacher and Student Success Plan" or "TSSP" means the plan required of each school under Section 53G-7-1305.(16) "Trust Distribution Account" means the restricted account within the Uniform School Fund created under Subsection 53F-9-201(2).(17) "UPEFS" means the Utah Public Education Finance System.(18) "Website" means the School LAND Trust website.Utah Admin. Code R277-477-2
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