Effective 5/4/2022
Superseded 7/1/2024
53G-7-218 Establishment of early learning plan -- Digital reporting platform.
(1) A local school board of a school district or a charter school governing board of a charter school that serves students in any of kindergarten or grades 1 through 3 shall annually submit to the state board an early learning plan that includes:
(a) the early literacy plan described in Section 53F-2-503, including:
(i) the growth goal described in Subsection 53F-2-503(4)(d); and
(ii) one goal that is specific to the school district or charter school as described in Subsection 53F-2-503(4)(e);
(b) the early mathematics plan described in Section 53E-3-521, including:
(i) a growth goal for the school district or charter school that:
(A) is based upon student learning gains as measured by the mathematics benchmark assessment described in Section 53E-4-307.5; and
(B) includes the target that the state board establishes under Section 53E-3-521; and
(ii) one goal that:
(A) is specific to the school district or charter school;
(B) is measurable;
(C) addresses current performance gaps in student mathematics proficiency based on data; and
(D) includes specific strategies for improving outcomes; and
(c) one additional goal related to literacy or mathematics that:
(i) is specific to the school district or charter school;
(ii) is measurable;
(iii) addresses current performance gaps in student literacy or mathematics proficiency based on data; and
(iv) includes specific strategies for improving outcomes.
(2) A local school board or charter school governing board shall approve a plan described in Subsection (1) in a public meeting before submitting the plan to the state board.
(3)
(a) The state board shall:
(i) provide model plans that a local school board or a charter school governing board may use;
(ii) develop uniform standards for acceptable growth goals that a local school board or a charter school governing board adopts for a school district or charter school under this section; and
(iii) review and approve or disapprove a plan submitted under this section.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), a local school board or a charter school governing board may develop the board’s own plan.
(4) The state board shall:
(a) develop strategies to provide support for a school district or charter school that fails to meet:
(i)
(A) the growth goal related to the state literacy target described in Subsection (1)(a)(i); or
(B) the growth goal related to the state mathematics target described in Subsection (1)(b)(i); and
(ii) one of the goals specific to the school district or charter school described in Subsections (1)(a)(ii), (1)(b)(ii), or (1)(c); and
(b) provide increasing levels of support to a school district or charter school that fails to meet the combination of goals described in Subsection (4)(a) for two consecutive years.
(5)
(a) The state board shall use a digital reporting platform to provide information to school districts and charter schools about interventions that increase proficiency in literacy and mathematics.
(b) The digital reporting platform described in Subsection (5)(a) shall include performance information for a school district or charter school on the goals described in Subsection (1).