As in effect on August 1, 2008
A. "Board" means the Utah State Board of Education and Utah State Board for Applied Technology Education.
B. "USOE" means the Utah State Office of Education.
C. "Applied Technology Education Advisory Board of Directors" means the designated ATE Advisory Board of Directors for the eleven leadership organizations in the state.
D. "Applied technology education (ATE)" means organized educational programs or competencies which directly or indirectly prepare persons for employment, or for additional preparation leading to employment, in occupations where other than a baccalaureate or advanced degree is required for entry. These occupational categories include agriculture; business; family and consumer sciences; health science and technology; marketing; trade, technical and industrial education; and technology education. This definition includes integrated and applied academic programs or competencies.
E. "ATE leadership organization" means a designated ATE leadership organization placing emphasis on leadership and skill development that is an integral part of the ATE curriculum at the secondary/postsecondary levels of instruction. Organizations have local, state and national affiliation and are designated in state ATE and national vocational education legislation.
F. "State advisor" means the executive designated by USOE ATE staff to direct an ATE leadership organization statewide.
G. "Program specialist" means an ATE specialist that has been assigned to work with a particular curriculum area. Examples are agriculture, business education, trade, industrial and technical.
H. "One percent (1%) fiscal accounts" means one percent (1%) of the ATE add-on fund designated to be used for the management and operation of ATE Leadership Organizations at the state and local level. The funds used to manage the eleven leadership organizations at the state level are dispersed by the designated state fiscal agent for ATE Leadership Organizations through separate accounts for salaries, operating expenses and national conference travel.
A. This rule is authorized by Section 53A-15-202(1) which directs the Board to establish minimum standards for applied technology programs in the public education system; Section 53A-15-202(3) which directs the Board to cooperate with federal and state governments to administer programs which promote and maintain applied technology education, 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 direct ATE leadership organizations to be fiscally accountable to the Board through the ATE Advisory Board of Directors and to provide procedures and supervision toward that end.
A. Each leadership organization designated by the USOE Associate Superintendent for ATE shall establish an advisory board of not less than three members, one of which must be the USOE program specialist.
B. Each leadership organization shall develop and follow organization by-laws.
C. Organization advisory boards shall have fiscal oversight for the organization.
D. Each advisory board shall conduct an annual performance evaluation of the work performed by the respective leadership organization advisor.
A. The state advisory boards shall act consistent with fiscal procedures provided by the USOE Associate Superintendent for ATE or his designee.
B. Each leadership organization advisory board shall submit all required financial records for auditing on a schedule established by the Associate Superintendent for ATE.
C. Individual leadership organization financial records shall be submitted for auditing whenever there is a change in the state leadership organization advisor, if requested by the Associate Superintendent for ATE.
D. The Associate Superintendent for ATE shall designate a school district or institution to act as the fiscal agent for the ATE leadership organization fiscal accounts.
E. The Associate Superintendent or his designee shall work with the designated fiscal agent to provide oversight and accounting procedures for the ATE leadership organization fiscal accounts.
secondary education, applied technology education*
December 5, 2001
November 1, 2006
53A-15-202(1); 53A-15-202 (3); 53A-1-401(3)
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