§ 53A-1b-102. Definitions. (Effective 5/13/2014)

     As used in this part:

(1) "Board" means the School Readiness Board, created in Section 53A-1b-103.

(2) "Economically disadvantaged" means a student who:

(a) is eligible to receive free lunch;

(b) is eligible to receive reduced price lunch; or

(c)

(i) is not otherwise accounted for in Subsection (2)(a) or (b); and

(ii)

(A) is enrolled in a Provision 2 or Provision 3 school, as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture;

(B) has a Declaration of Household Income on file;

(C) is eligible for a fee waiver; or

(D) is enrolled at a school that does not offer a lunch program and is a sibling of a student accounted for in Subsection (2)(a) or (b).

(3) "Eligible home-based educational technology provider" means a provider that intends to offer a home-based educational technology program.

(4) "Eligible LEA" means an LEA that has a data system capacity to collect longitudinal academic outcome data, including special education use by student, by identifying each student with a statewide unique student identifier.

(5)

(a) "Eligible private provider" means a child care program that:

(i)

(A) except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), is licensed under Title 26, Chapter 39, Utah Child Care Licensing Act; or

(B) is exempt from licensure under Section 26-39-403; and

(ii) meets other criteria as established by the board, consistent with Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 1.

(b) "Eligible private provider" does not include residential child care, as defined in Section 26-39-102.

(6) "Eligible student" means a student who is economically disadvantaged.

(7) "Local Education Agency" or "LEA" means a school district or charter school.

(8) "Performance outcome measure" means a cost avoidance in special education use for a student at-risk for later special education placement in kindergarten through grade 12 who receives preschool education funded pursuant to a results-based school readiness contract.

(9)

(a) "Private entity" means a private investor or investors that enter into a results-based school readiness contract.

(b) "Private entity" includes an authorized representative of the private investor or investors.

(10) "Results-based school readiness contract" means a contract entered into by the board, a private entity, and a provider of early childhood education that may result in repayment to a private entity if certain performance outcome measures are achieved.

(11) "Student at-risk for later special education placement" means a preschool student who, at preschool entry, scores at or below two standard deviations below the mean on the assessment selected by the board under Section 53A-1b-110.

Enacted by Chapter 304, 2014 General Session