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Section 206.5 | Definitions. |
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53A-2-206.5. Definitions. As used in Sections 53A-2-207 through 53A-2-213: (1) "Early enrollment" means application prior to the third Friday in February for admission for the next school year to a school that is not a student's school of residence. (2) (a) "Early enrollment school capacity" or "maximum capacity" means the total number of students who could be served in a school building if each of the building's instructional stations were to have the enrollment specified in Subsection (2)(b). (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii): (A) for an elementary school, an instructional station shall have an enrollment at least equal to the school district's average class size for the corresponding grade; and (B) for a middle, junior, or senior high school, an instructional station shall have an enrollment at least equal to the district's average class size for similar classes. (ii) (A) A local school board shall determine the instructional station capacity for laboratories, physical education facilities, shops, study halls, self-contained special education classrooms, facilities jointly financed by the school district and another community agency for joint use, and similar rooms. (B) Capacity for self-contained special education classrooms shall be based upon students per class as defined by State Board of Education and federal special education standards. (3) (a) "Instructional station" means a classroom, laboratory, shop, study hall, or physical education facility to which a local board of education could reasonably assign a class, teacher, or program during a given class period. (b) More than one instructional station may be assigned to a classroom, laboratory, shop, study hall, or physical education facility during a class period. (4) "Late enrollment" means application: (a) after the third Friday in February for admission for the next school year to a school that is not the student's school of residence; or (b) for admission for the current year to a school that is not the student's school of residence. (5) (a) "Late enrollment school capacity" or "adjusted capacity" means the total number of students who could be served in a school if each teacher were to have the class size specified in Subsection (5)(b). (b) (i) An elementary school teacher shall have a class size at least equal to the district's average class size for the corresponding grade. (ii) A middle, junior, or senior high school teacher shall have a class size at least equal to the district's average class size for similar classes. (6) "Nonresident student" means a student who lives outside the boundaries of the school attendance area. (7) "Open enrollment threshold" means: (a) for early enrollment, a projected school enrollment level that is the greater of: (i) 90% of the maximum capacity; or (ii) maximum capacity minus 40 students; and (b) for late enrollment, actual school enrollment that is the greater of: (i) 90% of adjusted capacity; or (ii) adjusted capacity minus 40 students. (8) "Projected school enrollment" means the current year enrollment of a school as of
October 1, adjusted for projected growth for the next school year.
Enacted by Chapter 346, 2008 General Session |
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