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Utah Code Title 53F. Public Education System--Funding § 53F-2-314. Weighted pupil units for students who are at-risk

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “At risk” means that a public education student:

(i) scores below proficient on a state board or LEA approved assessment; or

(ii) meets an LEA governing board's approved definition of an at-risk student.

(b) “Limited English proficiency” means that an English learner student received a score of 1-4 on an English language proficiency assessment.

(2)(a) Additional weighted pupil units for students who are at-risk are computed based on the number of students within each LEA on October 1 of the previous school year as follows, added to a base of five WPUs for each LEA:

(i) for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2021:

(A) for each student who is eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch, .05 additional weighted pupil units; and

(B) for each student with limited English proficiency, .025 additional weighted pupil units; and

(ii) for each fiscal year after the fiscal year described in Subsection (2)(a)(i), the additional weighed pupil units shall increase, subject to the approval of the Executive Appropriations Committee, by amounts that the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee recommends in the subcommittee's evaluation and recommendations described in Section 53E-1-202.2, up to:

(A) for each student who is eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch, .3 total weighted pupil units; and

(B) for each student with limited English proficiency, up to .1 total weighted pupil units.

(b) Funding for a student who falls within both Subsections (2)(a)(i)(A) and (B) shall be computed under both weighting factors.

(3) An LEA governing board shall use money distributed under this section to improve the academic achievement of students who are at-risk.

(4)(a) Annually, an LEA shall provide the following information to the state board:

(i) a report of the LEA's use of funds allocated under this section through the annual financial reporting process; and

(ii) the LEA's outcome data or a report of intervention effectiveness related to the use of the LEA's use of funds allocated under this section.

(b) The state board shall monitor the learning outcomes resulting from the LEA's use of funds under this section.

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