53A-11-1402. Educational records and enrollment -- Military children.
(1) (a) If the parent or legal guardian of a military child requests an official education
record and the school is unable to release the official education record, the school shall provide
the parent or guardian of the military child with an unofficial education record.
(b) If a school requires an official education record in order to enroll a student, the school
shall enroll and appropriately place a military child based on information in an unofficial record
pending validation by an official record.
(2) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection 53A-11-504(1), a school that enrolls a military child
shall request a certified copy of a military child's official education record, directly from the
military child's previous school, simultaneous with enrolling the military child.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection 53A-11-504(2)(a), if a school receives a request to
forward a certified copy of a military child's official education record, the school shall comply
within ten days of the request.
(3) Notwithstanding Subsection 53A-3-402(6), a local school board shall enroll a
military child who is not five years of age before September 2 of the year in which admission is
sought if the military child was previously enrolled and attended a public school in kindergarten
or a higher grade as a resident in another state.
(4) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection 53A-11-302(2), a military child who at the time of
school enrollment has not been completely immunized against each specified disease may attend
under a conditional enrollment, and shall be given 30 days from the day of enrollment to obtain:
(i) each specified vaccine if the specified vaccine only requires one dose; and
(ii) at least the first dose of a specified vaccine, if the specified vaccine is a series of
vaccines.
(b) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(a), a military child is subject to rules developed
by the Utah Health Department in accordance with Section 53A-11-302.
Enacted by Chapter 277, 2009 General Session
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