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Utah Code Title 53F. Public Education System--Funding § 53F-5-401. Definitions

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

As used in this part:

(1) “Eligible elementary school” or “eligible junior high school” means a district school or charter school that has at least 50% of the school's students with a family income at or below 185% of the federal poverty level.

(2) “Eligible partnership” means a partnership that:

(a) includes at least:

(i) a local education agency that has designated an eligible school feeder pattern;

(ii) a local nonprofit organization;

(iii) a private business;

(iv) a municipality or county in which the eligible school feeder pattern is located;

(v) an institution of higher education within the state;

(vi) a state or local government agency that provides services to students attending schools within the eligible school feeder pattern;

(vii) a local philanthropic organization; and

(viii) a local health care organization; and

(b) has designated a local education agency or local nonprofit organization to act as lead applicant for a grant described in this part.

(3) “Eligible school feeder pattern” means the succession of schools that a student enrolls in as the student progresses from kindergarten through grade 12 that includes, as designated by a local education agency:

(a) a high school;

(b) an eligible junior high school that:

(i) is a district school within the geographic boundary of the high school described in Subsection (3)(a); or

(ii) is a charter school that sends at least 50% of the charter school's students to the high school described in Subsection (3)(a); and

(c) an eligible elementary school that:

(i) is a district school within the geographic boundary of the high school described in Subsection (3)(a); or

(ii) is a charter school that sends at least 50% of the charter school's students to the junior high school described in Subsection (3)(b).

(4) “Local education agency” means a school district or charter school.

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