Utah Code 53E-5-209. Exclusion of English learner progress — Calculation of total points awarded for a school with fewer than 10 English learners

53E-5-209. Exclusion of English learner progress — Calculation of total points awarded for a school with fewer than 10 English learners.

(1)

For a school that has fewer than 10 English learners, the state board shall:

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
State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 53E-1-102

(a)

exclude the use of English learner progress in determining the school’s overall rating by:

(i)	awarding no points to the school for English learner progress described in Subsection 53E-5-207(3)(a)(iv); and

(ii)	excluding the points described in Subsection 53E-5-207(3)(c)(iv) from the school’s maximum points possible; and

(b)	calculate the number of total points awarded to the school by totaling the number of points the state board awards to the school in accordance with Section 53E-5-207 subject to the exclusion described in Subsection (1)(a).

(2)

The maximum number of total points possible under Subsection (1) is:

(a)	for an elementary school or a middle school, 137 points; or

(b)	for a high school, 212 points.

Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session