Utah Code Title 53F. Public Education System--Funding § 53F-2-410. Juvenile gang and other violent crime prevention and intervention program--Funding

(a) “State agency” means a department, division, office, entity, agency, or other unit of the state.

(b) “State agency” includes the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Department of Corrections, and the Division of Juvenile Justice Services.

(a) create a juvenile gang and other violent crime prevention and intervention program that is designed to help students at risk for violent criminal involvement stay in school; and

(b) distribute money under the program to school districts and charter schools through the distribution formula described in Subsection (3).

(a) establish a formula to allocate program funding to schools in select school districts and charter schools that:

(b) annually adjust the distribution of program funding using the data reported to the state board under Section 80-6-104; and

(c) establish baseline performance standards that school districts or charter schools are required to meet in order to receive funding under the program.

(4)(a) A school district or a charter school seeking program funding shall submit a proposal to the state board that:

(b) The state board shall allocate funding on a per student basis to prioritized school districts and charter schools that submit a successful proposal under Subsection (4)(a).

(a) how the school district or the charter school used the funds; and

(b) the school district's, or the charter school's, compliance with the performance standards described in Subsection (3)(c).