S.B. 102 Enrolled

MIDDLE SCHOOLS EXIT REQUIREMENTS
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: David L. Gladwell
This act modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by modifying
the exception that would allow students to advance to high school without meeting required
competency levels in English, mathematics, science, or social studies.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
53A-13-104, as last amended by Chapter 8, Laws of Utah 1989
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 53A-13-104 is amended to read:
53A-13-104. Local school board remediation programs for secondary students.
(1) Local school boards shall implement programs for students in the secondary schools,
grades 7-12, to attain the competency levels and graduation requirements established by the State
Board of Education.
(2) (a) Local school boards shall establish remediation programs for secondary school
students who do not meet competency levels in English, mathematics, science, or social studies.
(b) Participation in the programs is mandatory for those students who fail to meet the
competency levels based on classroom performance.
(3) Students who require remediation under this section may not be advanced to the
following class in subject sequences until they meet the required competency level for the subject
or complete the required remediation program, except that local school boards may allow students
requiring remediation who would otherwise be scheduled to enter their first year of high school
[shall] to complete their remediation program during that first year.
(4) (a) Remediation programs provided under this section should not be unnecessarily
lengthy or repetitive.
(b) A student need not repeat an entire class if remediation can reasonably be achieved
through other means.

(5) Local school boards may charge students a fee to participate in the remediation programs.

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