Part 1 General Provisions 53E-6-101 – 53E-6-103
Part 2 Licensing 53E-6-201 – 53E-6-205
Part 3 Licensing Requirements 53E-6-301 – 53E-6-307
Part 4 Background and Employment Checks 53E-6-401 – 53E-6-403
Part 5 Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission 53E-6-501 – 53E-6-506
Part 6 License Denial and Discipline 53E-6-601 – 53E-6-607
Part 7 Unprofessional and Unlawful Conduct 53E-6-701 – 53E-6-703
Part 8 Dispute Resolution for Contract Negotiations 53E-6-801 – 53E-6-802
Part 9 Additional Credentials 53E-6-901 – 53E-6-903
Part 11 Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact 53E-6-1100 – 53E-6-1112

Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53E > Chapter 6 - Education Professional Licensure

  • Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Armed forces: means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Ballot proposition: means a question, issue, or proposal that is submitted to voters on the ballot for their approval or rejection including:
    (a) an opinion question specifically authorized by the Legislature;
    (b) a constitutional amendment;
    (c) an initiative;
    (d) a referendum;
    (e) a bond proposition;
    (f) a judicial retention question;
    (g) an incorporation of a city or town; or
    (h) any other ballot question specifically authorized by the Legislature. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Canvass: means the review of election returns and the official declaration of election results by the board of canvassers. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Certificate: means a license issued by a governmental jurisdiction outside the state. See Utah Code 53E-6-102
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Covered voter: means an individual who:
    (a) satisfies Utah's voter eligibility requirements that do not relate to residency;
    (b) is not registered to vote in a state other than Utah;
    (c) is absent from the United States on the day of the election; and
    (d) 
    (i) is a resident of Utah under Section 20A-2-105, but is absent from the United States on election day because the individual:
    (A) is a uniformed service voter; or
    (B) temporarily resides outside the United States;
    (ii) is a foreign United States citizen who:
    (A) before establishing a principal place of residence outside the United States, established a principal place of residence in Utah; and
    (B) did not, after leaving Utah, register to vote in a state other than Utah or establish a principal place of residence in a state other than Utah; or
    (iii) is a foreign United States citizen:
    (A) who has never registered to vote in a state other than Utah;
    (B) who has never established a principal place of residence in the United States; and
    (C) whose parent, legal guardian, spouse, or domestic partner established the parent's, legal guardian's, spouse's, or domestic partner's most recent United States principal place of residence in Utah. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
  • Educator: means :
    (a) a person who holds a license;
    (b) a teacher, counselor, administrator, librarian, or other person required, under rules of the state board, to hold a license; or
    (c) a person who is the subject of an allegation which has been received by the state board or UPPAC and was, at the time noted in the allegation, a license holder or a person employed in a position requiring licensure. See Utah Code 53E-6-102
  • Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Election officer: means :
    (a) the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots and elections;
    (b) the county clerk for:
    (i) a county ballot and election; and
    (ii) a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section 20A-5-400. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Election official: means any election officer, election judge, or poll worker. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Federal postcard application: means the application prescribed under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
  • Federal write-in absentee ballot: means the ballot described in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
  • hearing: means a proceeding held in accordance with generally accepted principles of due process and administrative law in which definite issues of fact or of law are tried before a hearing body, and in which proceeding evidence is presented and witnesses heard, and in which the party against whom the proceedings are held has a right to:
    (1) appear with or without counsel to present evidence, confront and cross-examine witnesses, or subpoena witnesses; and
    (2) obtain a decision based solely upon evidence presented to the hearing body in the presence of both parties or representatives of both parties, recognizing that presence is satisfied if a party has been given a reasonable opportunity to attend, even if the party fails to do so. See Utah Code 53E-6-601
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • License: means an authorization issued by the state board that permits the holder to serve in a professional capacity in the public schools. See Utah Code 53E-6-102
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Local school board: means a board elected under 2. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
  • Local special election: means a special election called by the governing body of a local political subdivision in which all registered voters of the local political subdivision may vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Military-overseas ballot: means :
    (a) a federal write-in absentee ballot;
    (b) a ballot specifically prepared or distributed for use by a covered voter in accordance with this chapter; or
    (c) a ballot cast by a covered voter in accordance with this chapter. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • National Board certification: means a current certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. See Utah Code 53E-6-102
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Parent: means a parent or legal guardian. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Political party: means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public education code: means :
    (a) this title;
    (b) Title 53F, Public Education System -- Funding; and
    (c) Title 53G, Public Education System -- Local Administration. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
  • Regular ballot: means a ballot that is not a provisional ballot. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • School: means a public or private entity that provides educational services to a minor child. See Utah Code 53E-6-102
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Special election: means an election held as authorized by Section 20A-1-203. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, or American Samoa. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
  • State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
  • State superintendent: means the state superintendent of public instruction appointed under Section 53E-3-301. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
  • Statewide special election: means a special election called by the governor or the Legislature in which all registered voters in Utah may vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • United States: when used in the territorial sense, means the several states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
  • UPPAC: means the Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission. See Utah Code 53E-6-102
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Voter: means an individual who:
    (a) meets the requirements for voting in an election;
    (b) meets the requirements of election registration;
    (c) is registered to vote; and
    (d) is listed in the official register book. See Utah Code 20A-1-102