As in effect on April 1, 2008
A. "Accredited" means evaluated and approved under the standards of the Northwest Accrediting Association or the accreditation standards of the Board, available from the USOE Accreditation Specialist.
B. "Board" means the Utah State Board of Education.
C. "Dual enrollment student" means a student who is enrolled simultaneously in public school and in a home school or a regularly established private school.
D. "Eligibility" means a student's fitness and availability to participate in school activities governed by this rule. Eligibility is determined by a number of factors including residency (of student and legal guardian), scholarship, age, and number of semesters of participation in a particular activity.
E. "Full-time student" means a student earning the school district designated number(s) and type(s) of credits required for participation in extracurricular or interscholastic activities in the school district in which the student's parent or legal guardian resides.
F. "Home school" means a school comprised of one or more students officially excused from compulsory public school attendance under Section 53A-11-102.
G. "Previous academic grading period" means the most recent period as defined by the school district for which a student received a recorded grade.
H. "Private school" means a school satisfying the following criteria:
(1) maintained by private individuals or corporations;
(2) maintained and operated not at public expense;
(3) generally supported, in part at least, by tuition fees or charges;
(4) operated as a substitute for, and giving the equivalent of, instruction required in public schools;
(5) employing teachers able to provide the same quality of education as public school teachers;
(6) established to operate indefinitely and independently, not dependent upon age of the students available or upon individual family situations; and
(7) licensed as a business by the Utah Department of Business Regulations.
I. "USOE" means the Utah State Office of Education.
A. This rule is authorized by Utah Constitution Article X, Section 3 which places general control and supervision of the public school system under the board, by 53A-1-402(1)(b) which directs the Board to establish rules and minimum standards for access to programs and by Section 53A-11-102.5 directing the Board to make rules for transferability of credits toward graduation that are earned in a private or home school and to make rules necessary to permit home school students and private school students to participate in public school activities.
B. The purpose of this rule is to provide consistent statewide procedures and criteria for home school and private school students' participation in public school activities.
A. Utah school districts shall accept credits toward graduation from an accredited regularly established private school.
B. Utah school districts shall provide two or more options to earn credit toward graduation. At least one option shall be provided from among those listed in R277-700-6B(1), and at least one option shall be provided from those listed in R277-700-6B(2).
A. Students exempted from compulsory public school education by the local board for instruction in private or home schools may be eligible for participation in extracurricular public school activities provided they are taking courses comparable to traditional school courses or earning credit under options outlined in R277-700-6 in at least as many of the designated courses as required by the local board of students for participation in that activity.
B. The private or home school student may only participate in extracurricular or school day activities at the school within whose boundaries the student's custodial parent(s) or legal guardian resides.
C. Dual enrollment students shall be eligible for extracurricular activities consistent with eligibility standards for fully enrolled students.
A. Private and home school students are responsible for school fees in the same manner as full-time public school students.
B. School fees for private or home school students shall be waived by the school or school district if required under Section 53A-12-103 and R277-407, School Fees.
A. A student attending activities or a portion of the school day under the provisions of Section 53A- 11-102.5 shall be subject to the same behavior and discipline rights and requirements of a full-time student.
B. A student who attends an activity or a portion of the school day shall be subject to administrative scheduling and teacher discretion of the traditional school.
C. A student with disabilities may participate as a dual enrollment student consistent with Utah law, this rule and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Vol. 64, No. 48, Section 300.450 through 300.455.
(1) The student shall have a services plan in place prior to participation in dual enrollment using comparable procedures to those required for identifying and evaluating public school students;
(2) Students with disabilities seeking dual enrollment shall be entitled to services only in the same proportional amount that the number of private school students residing in the district is to the total number of students with disabilities in the district.
(3) Decisions about the scheduling and manner of services provided shall be the responsibility of school and district personnel.
(4) Schools and districts are not prohibited from providing services to students who are not enrolled full time in excess of those required by R277-438-6.
public education, dual enrollment
May 19, 2005
June 1, 2004
Art X Sec 3; 53A-1-402(1)(b); 53A-11-102.5
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