53E-5-302.1. State board to designate elevate schools — Needs assessment.
(1)
Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, in every year that the state board does not designate a springboard school, the state board shall:
Terms Used In Utah Code 53E-5-302.1
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Elevate school: means a district school or charter school that:
Springboard school: means a district school or charter school that has been designated a springboard school by the state board because the school:
(a)
is not a Title I school; and
(b)
when ranked according to the percentage of possible points the state board awards under 2, averaged over three school years is:
(i)
one of the five lowest performing elementary, middle, or junior high schools statewide; or
(ii)
one of the two lowest performing high schools statewide. See Utah Code 53E-5-301
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
accept applications to be designated an elevate school from schools that:
(i)
are not Title I schools; and
(ii)
are implementing targeted support and improvement activities under 20 U.S.C. § 6311;
(b)
identify at least six schools as elevate schools; and
(c)
conduct a needs assessment for an elevate school by thoroughly analyzing the root causes of the school’s previous performance of targeted support and improvement student groups.
(2)
The state board may use up to 5% of the appropriation provided under this part to hire or contract with one or more individuals to conduct a needs assessment described in Subsection (1)(c).
