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Utah Code Title 53G. Public Education System--Local Administration § 53G-6-706. Placement of a student of a home school, micro-education entity, or home-based microschool, who transfers to a public school

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

(1) For the purposes of this section, “parent” means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-6-201.

(2) When a home school student, a home-based microschool student, or a micro-education entity student transfers from a home school, a home-based microschool, or a micro-education entity to a public school, the public school shall place the student in the grade levels, classes, or courses that the student's parent and the school administrator determine are appropriate based on the parent's assessment of the student's academic performance.

(3)(a) Within 30 days of the student's placement in a public school grade level, class, or course, either the student's teacher or the student's parent may request a conference to consider changing the student's placement.

(b) If the student's teacher and the student's parent agree on a placement change, the public school shall place the student in the agreed upon grade level, class, or course.

(c) If the student's teacher and the student's parent do not agree on a placement change, the public school shall evaluate the student's subject matter mastery in accordance with Subsection (3)(d).

(d) The student's parent has the option of:

(i) allowing the public school to administer, to the student, assessments that are:

(A) regularly administered to public school students; and

(B) used to measure public school students' subject matter mastery and determine placement; or

(ii) having a private entity or individual administer assessments of subject matter mastery to the student at the parent's expense.

(e) After an evaluation of a student's subject matter mastery, a public school may change the student's placement in a grade level, class, or course.

(4) In accordance with Section 53G-6-702, this section does not apply to a student who is dual enrolled in a public school and a:

(a) home school;

(b) home-based microschool; or

(c) micro-education entity.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 53G. Public Education System--Local Administration § 53G-6-706. Placement of a student of a home school, micro-education entity, or home-based microschool, who transfers to a public school - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-53g-public-education-system-local-administration/ut-code-sect-53g-6-706/

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