Title 53A State System of Public Education Chapter 15 Standards and Programs Section 701 Highly impacted schools.
53A-15-701.Highly impacted schools.
(1) There is established a Highly Impacted Schools Program to provide additional
resources for individual assistance to students at those schools determined by the board to be
highly impacted.
(2) (a) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the governor's office, shall base
its determination of highly impacted schools on the following criteria as reported by the schools in
their applications:
(i) high student mobility rates within each school;
(ii) the number and percentage of students at each school who apply for free school
lunch;
(iii) the number and percentage of ethnic minority students at each school;
(iv) the number and percentage of limited English proficiency students at each school;
and
(v) the number and percentage of students at each school from a single parent family.
(b) As used in this section, "single parent family" means a household headed by a male
without a wife present or by a female without a husband present.
(3) (a) The board, through the state superintendent of public instruction, shall establish
application deadlines for participation in the program.
(b) (i) The appropriation required to implement the Highly Impacted Schools Program
shall be made under Title 53A, Chapter 17a, Minimum School Program Act.
(ii) The state superintendent of public instruction shall administer and distribute the
appropriation to individual schools according to a formula established by the board.
(c) (i) Each participating school shall receive a base allocation from the appropriation.
(ii) Additional monies from the appropriation shall be allocated on the basis of a formula
which takes into consideration the total number of students at each participating school and the
number of students at each school who are within the categories listed in Subsection (2).
(4) This appropriation is in addition to any appropriation made for class-size reduction
under Section 53A-17a-124.5.
(5) A highly impacted school may use part or all of its allocation to lengthen the school
year or extend the school day in order to provide individual assistance to students.
(6) The board shall monitor the program and require each participant school to file a
report on the use and effectiveness of the appropriation in meeting the educational needs and
involving parents of students who attend these highly impacted schools.
Amended by Chapter 210, 2002 General Session
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