Utah Code 53F-6-412. Reports

53F-6-412. Reports.
Beginning in 2025 and in accordance with Section 68-3-14 and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g:

(1)

the program manager shall submit a report on the program to the Education Interim Committee no later than September 1 of each year that includes:

Terms Used In Utah Code 53F-6-412

Federal poverty level: means the United States poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register. See Utah Code 53F-6-401
program: means the scholarship program established in Section 53F-6-402. See Utah Code 53F-6-401
Program manager: means an organization that:

(a)	is qualified as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code;

(b)	is not affiliated with any international organization;

(c)	does not harvest data for the purpose of reproducing or distributing the data to other entities;

(d)	has no involvement in guiding or directing any curriculum or curriculum standards;

(e)

does not manage or otherwise administer a scholarship under:

(i)	the Carson Smith Scholarship Program established in Section 53F-4-302; or

(ii)	the Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program established in Section 53E-7-402; and

(f)

an agreement with the state board recognizes as a program manager, in accordance with this part. See Utah Code 53F-6-401

Scholarship funds: means :

(a)	funds that the Legislature appropriates for the program; and

(b)	interest that scholarship funds accrue. See Utah Code 53F-6-401 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(a)	the total amount of tuition and fees qualifying providers charged for the current year and previous two years;

(b)	the total amount of goods paid for with scholarship funds in the previous year and a general characterization of the types of goods;

(c)	administrative costs of the program;

(d)	the number of scholarship students from each county and the aggregate number of eligible students on the waitlist described in Section 53F-6-405;

(e)	the percentage of first-time scholarship students who were enrolled in a public school during the previous school year or who entered kindergarten or a higher grade for the first time in Utah;

(f)	the program manager’s strategy and outreach efforts to reach eligible students whose family income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level and related obstacles to enrollments;

(g)	in the report that the program manager submits in 2025, information on steps the program manager has taken and processes the program manager has adopted to implement the program; and

(h)	any other information regarding the program and the program’s implementation that the committee requests; and

(2)	the state board shall submit a report on the cost-effectiveness of the program to the Education Interim Committee no later than September 1 of each year.

Enacted by Chapter 1, 2023 General Session

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