53G-10-603. Parental consent for student participating in opportunity class.
(1)
A parent of a K-12 student may give the parent’s consent for the student to participate in an opportunity class by submitting the parent’s written and signed consent, as described in Subsection (2), to the public school teacher who proposes to submit an innovation program application.
Terms Used In Utah Code 53G-10-603
Alternative classroom schedule: means a classroom schedule that is different than the schedule followed by other classrooms in the applicable school or LEA. See Utah Code 53G-10-601
Alternative curriculum: means curriculum in one or more subject areas that is based on standards that are different than the standards:
(a)
adopted by the state board; and
(b)
applicable to the regular curriculum offered in the subject area or areas in the applicable school or LEA. See Utah Code 53G-10-601
Innovation program: means a program establishing an alternative classroom schedule or an alternative curriculum, or both. See Utah Code 53G-10-601
Innovation program application: means an application:
(a)
proposing the implementation of an innovation program; and
(b)
submitted under Section 53G-10-603 to the LEA governing board for the LEA in which the innovation program is proposed. See Utah Code 53G-10-601
Opportunity class: means a school class within the public education system that implements an innovation program. See Utah Code 53G-10-601
Participating student: means a K-12 student who participates in an opportunity class under an approved innovation program. See Utah Code 53G-10-601
Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2)
(a)
A public school teacher who intends to submit an innovation program application shall provide a consent form to a parent of a prospective participating student.
(b)
A form by which a parent consents to the enrollment of the parent’s child in an opportunity class shall contain:
(i)
the name and a summary of the credentials of each teacher and other staff member who will be teaching or working in the opportunity class;
(ii)
an explanation that the opportunity class is experimental in nature and may not receive approval to continue beyond the school year for which the innovation program is approved;
(iii)
a description of the alternative curriculum and alternative classroom schedule, as applicable, that the innovation program application intends to seek approval for;
(iv)
a description of how, when, and where the opportunity class instruction will take place and whether the instruction will include in-person, virtual, or hybrid components;
(v)
if the innovation application intends to include a proposed alternative curriculum, a description of:
(A)
the alternative curriculum and the instructional materials to be used in the opportunity class; and
(B)
the outcomes the opportunity class using the alternative curriculum is designed to achieve; and
(vi)
a statement accompanying the parent’s signature indicating that the parent has read the explanation of the opportunity class contained in the consent form and understands the experimental nature of the opportunity class.
