Education, Administration

Rule R277-464

Highly Impacted Schools

Notice of Proposed Rule

(Repeal)

DAR File No.: 34828
Filed: 05/16/2011 06:42:08 PM

RULE ANALYSIS

Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:

This rule is repealed because the statutory language that established specific programs for at-risk students has been replaced with a new more flexible program established in H.B. 2, 2011 General Session, which provides funding to local education agencies (LEAs) to support the academic growth of students who are at risk for academic failure. A new rule consistent with the new statutory language providing for more flexible at-risk program funding will replace this rule. (DAR NOTE: H.B. 2 (2011) will be effective 07/01/2011.)

Summary of the rule or change:

This rule is repealed in its entirety.

State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:

• Subsection 53A-1-401(3)

Anticipated cost or savings to:

the state budget:

There are no anticipated costs or savings to the state budget. This rule is repealed because the language in this rule is no longer supported by statute. A new rule consistent with new statutory language will replace this rule.

local governments:

There are no anticipated costs or savings to local government. This rule is repealed because the language in this rule is no longer supported by statute. A new rule consistent with new statutory language will replace this rule.

small businesses:

There are no anticipated costs or savings to small businesses. This rule relates to public education and does not affect businesses.

persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local governmental entities:

There are no anticipated costs or savings to persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local government entities. This rule is repealed because the language in this rule is no longer supported by statute. A new rule consistent with new statutory language will replace this rule.

Compliance costs for affected persons:

There are no compliance costs for affected persons. This rule is repealed because the language in this rule is no longer supported by statute. A new rule consistent with new statutory language will replace this rule.

Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:

I have reviewed this rule and I see no fiscal impact on businesses.

Larry K. Shumway, State Superintendent

The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:

Education
Administration
250 E 500 S
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84111-3272

Direct questions regarding this rule to:

• Carol Lear at the above address, by phone at 801-538-7835, by FAX at 801-538-7768, or by Internet E-mail at carol.lear@schools.utah.gov

Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:

07/01/2011

This rule may become effective on:

07/08/2011

Authorized by:

Carol Lear, Director, School Law and Legislation

R277. Education, Administration.

[ R277-464. Highly Impacted Schools.

R277-464-1. Definitions.

A. "Board" means the Utah State Board of Education.

B. "Data Clearinghouse" means the electronic data collection system used by the USOE to collect information required by law from LEAs about individual students at certain points throughout the school year to support the allocation of funds and accountability reporting.

C. "School" means a public school, other than a special purpose school, primarily intended to serve students from a specific geographical area in any of grades K through 12.

D. "Special purpose school" means a school primarily intended to serve a special population of students such as students at risk, students with disabilities, or other special designation.

E. The "student mobility" factor means the proportion of students who move and have a change in school assignment during a school year. It is a percent, calculated as follows:

(1) stable students (SS), those who are reported as enrolled in the same school for the entire school year; divided by

(2) unduplicated cumulative enrollment (CE) in a school over a given school year; subtracted from

(3) 1, and multiplied by 100; or (1 - (SS/CE))100.

F. The "students who are eligible for free school lunch" factor means the total number of students in a school reported as economically disadvantaged using federal child nutrition income eligibility guidelines.

G. The "English Language Learner (ELL)" factor means the total number of ELL students in a school reported as having proficiency in the English language at or below the level of intermediate on the basis of the Utah Academic Language Proficiency Assessment (UALPA).

H. The "ethnic minority students" factor means the total number of students in a school reported as:

(1) American Indian or Alaskan native;

(2) Hispanic;

(3) Asian;

(4) Pacific Islander; or

(5) Black, using federal guidelines.

I. The "students from single parent families" factor means the total number of students in a school who live in a household headed by a male without a wife present or by a female without a husband present derived from data on persons age 5 through 17 in a geographic area approximating the service area of the school who live in a household with a similar composition.

J. "USOE" means the Utah State Office of Education.

 

R277-464-2. Authority and Purpose.

A. This rule is authorized by Utah Constitution Article X, Section 3 which vests general control and supervision of the public education system in the Board, Section 53A-15-701(3) which directs the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Board to develop a formula, administer the program, distribute the appropriation and monitor the effectiveness of highly impacted school programs, Section 53A-17a-121(2) which directs the Board to develop rules to implement programs for at risk students and distribute funds for at risk programs, and Section 53A-1-401(3) which allows the Board to adopt rules in accordance with its responsibilities.

B. The purpose of this rule is to establish criteria and procedures for distributing funds to highly impacted schools. The intent of this appropriation is to provide students with increased educational contact with qualified staff.

 

R277-464-3. Applications and Distribution of Funds.

A. Awards shall be made to individual schools and funds allocated to school districts or charter schools shall be fully distributed to designated schools.

B. Applications shall be provided through the USOE.

C. Schools shall be selected for funding based on an analysis of the eligibility factors designated in Section 53A-15-701(2)(a). Those factors shall be equally weighted.

(1) Beginning with the FY 2009 funding cycle, statistics for school eligibility determination and allocations shall be based on the latest available data from the Year End upload of the Data Clearinghouse consistent with the funding schedule, except for the single parent status statistic, which shall be derived from Census Bureau data sources.

(2) Schools may use funds for learning programs identified by the school, if the school provides:

(a) goals;

(b) activities; and

(c) outcomes, consistent with the proposed activities that are directly tied to the school's plan to increase student achievement.

(2) Each school selected for funding shall receive a base allocation.

D. Based on available funds, schools shall be funded on a three-year funding cycle, beginning in FY 2009.

E. In the event of closure of a school funded under this rule, the school district to which the school belongs may designate another school within the school district as highly impacted.

(1) A school district may reallocate funds from operating highly impacted schools within the school district to fund a newly designated highly impacted school; the reallocation shall be accomplished consistent with the standards, procedures and timelines of this rule.

(2) In designating a new or different highly impacted school within the school district, the school district cannot exceed its total original number of highly impacted schools by more than one school per three-year funding cycle.

(3) In requesting to change the designation of a school or in adding one additional highly impacted school within a school district, the school district has the burden of demonstrating a rationale to the USOE for the change consistent with the criteria of Section 53A-15-701(2).

(4) The student at-risk factors in a newly designated school or in a realigned school shall be comparable to the at-risk factors in other highly impacted schools within the school district.

(5) In realigning highly impacted schools within a school district or adding one additional school, the school district shall not receive additional funding for highly impacted schools from other school districts.

(6) School districts that desire to realign schools within the school district to change or add designated schools shall notify the USOE of changes in school boundaries or newly designated schools no later than June 1 of the year before funding is expected.

(7) Recommendations and decisions by school districts and the Board to realign highly impacted school boundaries or designate new schools as highly impacted shall retain the focus of the appropriation and this rule on schools that serve students who meet the highly impacted criteria.

F. The school district shall provide an application for reallocating highly impacted funds from a closed school to a different school within the school district prior to the school district distributing the funds to the newly designated school. Failure to properly apply to the USOE in a timely manner for reallocation of highly impacted funding from a closed school to a newly designated school within the school district may result in recapture of funds from the school district or the newly designated school by the USOE.

G. Schools receiving funding shall be notified by June 30.

H. Variances - School districts and charter schools may apply for a variance to this rule provided the school district or charter school:

(1) maintains the focus on schools;

(2) does not disadvantage other school districts or charter schools that receive highly impacted schools funding; and

(3) requests the variance in writing within required timelines.

 

R277-464-4. Oversight Monitoring, Evaluation and Reports.

A. The Board may designate no more than two percent of the total appropriation for highly impacted schools to be used specifically by the USOE for oversight, monitoring and final evaluation of highly impacted schools and their compliance with the law and this rule.

B. Each school selected for funding shall be required to submit an annual evaluation report to the USOE consistent with Section 53A-15-701(6).

 

KEY: students at risk

Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: October 8, 2008

Notice of Continuation: July 1, 2010

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: Art X Sec 3; 53A-17a-121(2); 53A-1-401(3); 53A-15-701(3); 53A-15-701(2)(a)]