Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53E > Chapter 5 > Part 3 - School Improvement and Leadership Development

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• 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
• Charter agreement: means an agreement made in accordance with Section 53G-5-303 that authorizes the operation of a charter school. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• Charter school authorizer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-5-102. See Utah Code 53E-5-301
• Cohort: means all district schools and charter schools identified as:

  (a)	springboard schools based on school accountability results from the same school year; or

  (b)

  elevate schools based on school accountability results from the same school year. See Utah Code 53E-5-301 Continuous improvement expert: means a person identified by the state board under Section 53E-5-305. See Utah Code 53E-5-301 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. District school: means a public school under the control of a local school board. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 Elevate school: means a district school or charter school that: (a)  is not a Title I school; (b)  is implementing targeted support and improvement activities under 20 U. See Utah Code 53E-5-301 Final remedial year: means the second or third school year following the initial remedial year, as determined by the state board. See Utah Code 53E-5-301 Initial remedial year: means the school year a district school or charter school is designated as a springboard school under Section 53E-5-302 or elevate school under Section 53E-5-302. See Utah Code 53E-5-301 LEA: means : (a)  a school district; (b)  a charter school; or (c)  the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 Local school board: means a board elected under 2. See Utah Code 53E-1-102 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 School accountability system: means the school accountability system established in 2. See Utah Code 53E-5-301 School improvement committee: means a committee established under: (a)  for a district school, Section 53E-5-303; or (b)  for a charter school, Section 53E-5-304. See Utah Code 53E-5-301 School improvement plan: means a plan described in: (a)  for a district school, Section 53E-5-303; or (b)  for a charter school, Section 53E-5-304. See Utah Code 53E-5-301 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 State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 53E-1-102