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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill creates the Digital Teaching and Learning Grant Program.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ enacts Title 53A, Chapter 1, Part 14, Digital Teaching and Learning Grant Program,
13 including provisions related to the following:
14 • definitions;
15 • the digital teaching and learning master plan;
16 • readiness assessments;
17 • State Board of Education duties and LEA plan requirements;
18 • implementation assessments and board interventions; and
19 • procurement;
20 ▸ sunsets the Smart School Technology Program;
21 ▸ repeals language related to a whole-school one-to-one mobile device technology
22 deployment plan; and
23 ▸ makes technical and conforming corrections.
24 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
25 This bill appropriates:
26 ▸ to the State Board of Education -- Minimum School Program -- Related to Basic
27 School Program -- Digital Teaching and Learning Program, as a one-time
28 appropriation:
29 • from the Education Fund, $220,000;
30 ▸ to the State Board of Education -- Minimum School Program -- Related to Basic
31 School Program -- Digital Teaching and Learning Program, as an ongoing
32 appropriation:
33 • from the Education Fund, $9,840,000;
34 ▸ to the State Board of Education -- Minimum School Program -- Related to Basic
35 School Program -- Digital Teaching and Learning Program, as a one-time
36 appropriation:
37 • from the Education Fund, $3,780,000;
38 ▸ to the Utah Education and Telehealth Network -- Digital Teaching and Learning
39 Program, as an ongoing appropriation:
40 • from the Education Fund, $160,000; and
41 ▸ to the Utah Education and Telehealth Network -- Digital Teaching and Learning
42 Program, as a one-time appropriation:
43 • from the Education Fund, $1,000,000.
44 Other Special Clauses:
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46 Utah Code Sections Affected:
47 AMENDS:
48 63I-2-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapters 258, 418, and 456
49 63I-2-263, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapters 182, 258, 283, 292, and
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51 ENACTS:
52 53A-1-1401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
53 53A-1-1402, Utah Code Annotated 1953
54 53A-1-1404, Utah Code Annotated 1953
55 53A-1-1405, Utah Code Annotated 1953
56 53A-1-1406, Utah Code Annotated 1953
57 53A-1-1407, Utah Code Annotated 1953
58 RENUMBERS AND AMENDS:
59 53A-1-1403, (Renumbered from 53A-1-710, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter
60 446)
61 Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:
62 53A-1-1402, Utah Code Annotated 1953
63 53A-1-1403, Utah Code Annotated 1953
64 53A-1-1405, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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66 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
67 Section 1. Section 53A-1-1401 is enacted to read:
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69 53A-1-1401. Title.
70 This part is known as "Digital Teaching and Learning Grant Program."
71 Section 2. Section 53A-1-1402 is enacted to read:
72 53A-1-1402. Definitions.
73 As used in this part:
74 (1) "Advisory committee" means the committee established by the board under Section
75 53A-1-1406.
76 (2) "Board" means the State Board of Education.
77 (3) "Digital readiness assessment" means an assessment provided by the board that:
78 (a) is completed by an LEA analyzing an LEA's readiness to incorporate
79 comprehensive digital teaching and learning; and
80 (b) informs the preparation of an LEA's plan for incorporating comprehensive digital
81 teaching and learning.
82 (4) "High quality professional learning" means the professional learning standards
83 described in Section 53A-3-701.
84 (5) "Implementation assessment" means an assessment that analyzes an LEA's
85 implementation of an LEA plan, including identifying areas for improvement, obstacles to
86 implementation, progress toward the achievement of stated goals, and recommendations going
87 forward.
88 (6) "LEA plan" means an LEA's plan to implement a digital teaching and learning
89 program that meets the requirements of this section and requirements set forth by the board and
90 the advisory committee.
91 (7) "Local education agency" or "LEA" means:
92 (a) a school district;
93 (b) a charter school; or
94 (c) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
95 (8) "Program" means the Digital Teaching and Learning Grant Program established in
96 this part and as described in a proposal adopted by the digital teaching and learning task force
97 in accordance with Section 53A-1-1403.
98 (9) "Utah Education and Telehealth Network" or "UETN" means the Utah Education
99 and Telehealth Network created in Section 53B-17-105.
100 Section 3. Section 53A-1-1403, which is renumbered from Section 53A-1-710 is
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125 develop a funding proposal to present to the Legislature for digital teaching and learning in
126 elementary and secondary schools.
127 (b) The digital teaching and learning task force shall include representatives of:
128 (i) the board;
129 (ii) UETN;
130 (iii) LEAs; and
131 (iv) the Governor's Education Excellence Commission.
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134 and learning program designed to:
135 (i) improve student outcomes through the use of digital teaching and learning
136 technology; and
137 (ii) provide high quality professional learning for educators to improve student
138 outcomes through the use of digital teaching and learning technology.
139 (b) The board shall:
140 (i) identify outcome based metrics to measure student achievement related to a digital
141 teaching and learning program; and
142 (ii) develop minimum benchmark standards for student achievement and school level
143 outcomes to measure successful implementation of a digital teaching and learning program.
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145 digital teaching and learning program, including the following:
146 (a) a statement of purpose that describes the objectives or goals the board will
147 accomplish by implementing a digital teaching and learning program;
148 (b) a forecast for fundamental components needed to implement a digital teaching and
149 learning program, including a forecast for:
150 (i) student and teacher devices;
151 (ii) Wi-Fi and wireless compatible technology;
152 (iii) curriculum software;
153 (iv) assessment solutions;
154 (v) technical support;
155 (vi) change management of LEAs;
156 (vii) high quality professional learning;
157 (viii) Internet delivery and capacity; and
158 (ix) security and privacy of users;
159 (c) a determination of the requirements for:
160 (i) statewide technology infrastructure; and
161 (ii) local LEA technology infrastructure;
162 (d) standards for high quality professional learning related to implementing and
163 maintaining a digital teaching and learning program;
164 (e) a statewide technical support plan that will guide the implementation and
165 maintenance of a digital teaching and learning program, including standards and competency
166 requirements for technical support personnel;
167 (f) (i) a grant program for LEAs; or
168 (ii) a distribution formula to fund LEA digital teaching and learning programs;
169 (g) in consultation with UETN, an inventory of the state public education system's
170 current technology resources and other items and a plan to integrate those resources into a
171 digital teaching and learning program;
172 (h) an ongoing evaluation process that is overseen by the board;
173 (i) proposed rules that incorporate the principles of the master plan into the state's
174 public education system as a whole; and
175 (j) a plan to ensure long-term sustainability that:
176 (i) accounts for the financial impacts of a digital teaching and learning program; and
177 (ii) facilitates the redirection of LEA savings that arise from implementing a digital
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181 system's current technology resources and other items as determined by UETN, including
182 software;
183 (b) perform an engineering study to determine the technology infrastructure needs of
184 the public education system to implement a digital teaching and learning program, including
185 the infrastructure needed for the board, UETN, and LEAs; and
186 (c) as funding allows, provide infrastructure and technology support for school districts
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195 Section 4. Section 53A-1-1404 is enacted to read:
196 53A-1-1404. Readiness assessments.
197 Beginning July 1, 2016, and ending July 1, 2021, each LEA, including each school
198 within an LEA, shall annually complete a digital readiness assessment.
199 Section 5. Section 53A-1-1405 is enacted to read:
200 53A-1-1405. Digital Teaching and Learning Grant Program -- Board duties --
201 Advisory committee -- LEA plan requirements.
202 (1) There is created the Digital Teaching and Learning Grant Program to improve
203 educational outcomes in public schools by effectively incorporating comprehensive digital
204 teaching and learning technology.
205 (2) The board shall:
206 (a) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,
207 adopt rules for the administration of the program, including rules requiring:
208 (i) an LEA plan to include measures to ensure that the LEA monitors and implements
209 technology with best practices, including the recommended use for effectiveness;
210 (ii) an LEA plan to include robust goals for learning outcomes and appropriate
211 measurements of goal achievement;
212 (iii) an LEA to demonstrate that the LEA plan can be fully funded by grant funds or a
213 combination of grant and local funds; and
214 (iv) an LEA to report on funds from expenses previous to the implementation of the
215 LEA plan that the LEA has redirected after implementation;
216 (b) establish an advisory committee to make recommendations on the program and
217 LEA plan requirements and report to the board; and
218 (c) in accordance with this part, approve LEA plans and award grants.
219 (3) (a) The board shall, subject to legislative appropriations, award a grant to an LEA:
220 (i) that submits an LEA plan that meets the requirements described in Subsection (4);
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222 (ii) for which the LEA's leadership and management members have completed a digital
223 teaching and learning leadership and implementation training as provided in Subsection (3)(b).
224 (b) The board or its designee shall provide the training described in Subsection
225 (3)(a)(ii).
226 (4) The board shall establish requirements of an LEA plan that shall include:
227 (a) the results of the LEA's digital readiness assessment and a proposal to remedy an
228 obstacle to implementation or other issues identified in the assessment;
229 (b) a proposal to provide high quality professional learning for educators in the use of
230 digital teaching and learning technology;
231 (c) a proposal for leadership training and management restructuring, if necessary, for
232 successful implementation;
233 (d) clearly identified targets for improved student achievement, student learning, and
234 college readiness through digital teaching and learning; and
235 (e) any other requirement established by the board in rule in accordance with Title
236 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, including an application process and
237 metrics to analyze the quality of a proposed LEA plan.
238 (5) The board or the board's designee shall establish an interactive dashboard available
239 to each LEA that is awarded a grant for the LEA to track and report the LEA's long-term,
240 intermediate, and direct outcomes in realtime and for the LEA to use to create customized
241 reports.
242 (6) (a) There is no federal funding, federal requirement, federal education agreement,
243 or national program included or related to this state adopted program.
244 (b) Any inclusion of federal funding, federal requirement, federal education agreement,
245 or national program shall require separate express approval as provided in Title 53A, Chapter
246 1, Part 9, Implementing Federal or National Education Program Act.
247 Section 6. Section 53A-1-1406 is enacted to read:
248 53A-1-1406. Implementation assessment -- Board intervention.
249 (1) (a) An LEA that receives a grant as provided in Section 53A-1-1405 shall:
250 (i) subject to Subsection (1)(b), complete an implementation assessment for each year
251 that the LEA is expending grant money; and
252 (ii) (A) report the findings of the implementation assessment to the board; and
253 (B) submit to the board a plan to resolve issues raised in the implementation
254 assessment.
255 (b) Each school within the LEA shall:
256 (i) complete an implementation assessment; and
257 (ii) submit a compilation report that meets the requirements described in Subsections
258 (1)(a)(ii)(A) and (B).
259 (2) The board or the board's designee shall review an implementation assessment and
260 review each participating LEA's progress from the previous year, as applicable.
261 (3) The board shall establish interventions for an LEA that does not make progress on
262 implementation of the LEA's implementation plan, including:
263 (a) nonrenewal of, or time period extensions for, the LEA's grant;
264 (b) reduction of funds; or
265 (c) other interventions to assist the LEA.
266 Section 7. Section 53A-1-1407 is enacted to read:
267 53A-1-1407. Procurement -- Independent evaluator.
268 (1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, the board shall
269 contract with an independent evaluator to:
270 (a) annually evaluate statewide direct and intermediate outcomes beginning the first
271 year that grants are awarded, including baseline data collection for long-term outcomes;
272 (b) in the fourth year after a grant is awarded, and each year thereafter, evaluate
273 statewide long-term outcomes; and
274 (c) report on the information described in Subsections (1)(a) and (b) to the board.
275 (2) (a) To implement an LEA plan, a contract, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter
276 6a, Utah Procurement Code, or other agreement with one or more providers of technology
277 powered learning solutions and one or more providers of wireless networking solutions may be
278 entered into by:
279 (i) UETN, in cooperation with or on behalf of, as applicable, the board, the board's
280 designee, or an LEA; or
281 (ii) an LEA.
282 (b) A contract or agreement entered into under Subsection (2)(a) may be a contract or
283 agreement which:
284 (i) UETN enters into with a provider and payment for services is directly appropriated
285 by the Legislature, as funds are available, to UETN;
286 (ii) UETN enters into with a provider and pays for the provider's services and is
287 reimbursed for payments by an LEA that benefits from the services;
288 (iii) UETN negotiates the terms of on behalf of an LEA that enters into the contract or
289 agreement directly with the provider and the LEA pays directly for the provider's services; or
290 (iv) an LEA enters into directly, pays a provider, and receives preapproved
291 reimbursement from a UETN fund established for this purpose.
292 (c) If an LEA does not reimburse UETN in a reasonable time for services received
293 under a contract or agreement described in Subsection (2)(b), the board shall pay the balance
294 due to UETN from the LEA's funds received under Chapter 17a, Part 1, Minimum School
295 Program.
296 (d) If UETN negotiates or enters into an agreement as described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii)
297 or (2)(b)(iii), and UETN enters into an additional agreement with an LEA that is associated
298 with the agreement described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii) or (2)(b)(iii), the associated agreement
299 may be treated by UETN and the LEA as a cooperative procurement, as that term is defined in
300 Section 63G-6a-103, regardless of whether the associated agreement satisfies the requirements
301 of Section 63G-6a-2105.
302 Section 8. Section 63I-2-253 is amended to read:
303 63I-2-253. Repeal dates -- Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.
304 (1) Section 53A-1-403.5 is repealed July 1, 2017.
305 (2) Subsection 53A-1-410(5) is repealed July 1, 2015.
306 (3) Section 53A-1-411 is repealed July 1, 2017.
307 (4) Section 53A-1a-513.5 is repealed July 1, 2017.
308 (5) Section 53A-1-709 is repealed July 1, 2020.
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312 Section 9. Section 63I-2-263 is amended to read:
313 63I-2-263. Repeal dates, Title 63A to Title 63N.
314 (1) Section 63A-5-104.1 is repealed on January 1, 2016.
315 (2) Section 63C-9-501.1 is repealed on July 1, 2015.
316 (3) Title 63C, Chapter 15, Prison Relocation Commission, is repealed on January 1,
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318 (4) Subsection 63N-3-103(1)(d) is repealed on July 1, 2015.
319 (5) Subsection 63N-3-109(2)(f)(i)(B) is repealed July 1, 2020.
320 (6) Section 63N-3-110 is repealed July 1, 2020.
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322 Section 10. Appropriation.
323 Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for
324 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the following sums of money
325 are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
326 previously appropriated, out of the funds or amounts indicated. These sums of money are in
327 addition to amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2016.
328 To State Board of Education -- Minimum School Program -- Related to Basic School
329 Program -- Digital Teaching and Learning Program
330 From Education Fund, One-time
$220,000
331 Schedule of Programs:
332 Digital Teaching and Learning Program $220,000
333 The Legislature intends that:
334 (1) the State Board of Education use $220,000 of the appropriation under this section
335 to administer and evaluate the program, provide professional development and other assistance
336 to LEAs, and contract with third party providers to assist with the administration of the
337 program as described in Title 53A, Chapter 1, Part 14, Digital Teaching and Learning Grant
338 Program; and
339 (2) under Section 63J-1-603, the appropriations described in this section not lapse at
340 the close of fiscal year 2016.
341 Section 11. Appropriation.
342 Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for
343 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, the following sums of money
344 are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
345 previously appropriated, out of the funds or amounts indicated. These sums of money are in
346 addition to amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2017.
347 Item 1 To State Board of Education -- Minimum School Program -- Related to Basic
348 School Program -- Digital Teaching and Learning Program
349 From Education Fund
$9,840,000
350 From Education Fund, One-time
$3,780,000
351 Schedule of Programs:
352 Digital Teaching and Learning Program $13,620,000
353 Item 2 To Utah Education and Telehealth Network -- Digital Teaching and Learning
354 Program
355 From Education Fund
$160,000
356 From Education Fund, One-time
$1,000,000
357 Schedule of Programs:
358 Digital Teaching and Learning Program $1,160,000
359 The Legislature intends that:
360 (1) except as provided in Subsection (2) or (3), the State Board of Education use the
361 appropriation to the State Board of Education under this section to distribute money to LEAs as
362 part of the grant program described in Title 53A, Chapter 1, Part 14, Digital Teaching and
363 Learning Grant Program;
364 (2) the State Board of Education may use up to $187,600 of the ongoing appropriation
365 to the State Board of Education to administer and evaluate the program, and provide other
366 assistance to LEAs;
367 (3) the State Board of Education may use up to $780,000 of the one-time appropriation
368 to the State Board of Education to administer and evaluate the program, provide professional
369 development, and contract with third party providers to assist with the administration of the
370 program as described in Title 53A, Chapter 1, Part 14, Digital Teaching and Learning Grant
371 Program;
372 (4) the Utah Education and Telehealth Network may use up to $160,000 of the ongoing
373 appropriation to the Utah Education and Telehealth Network to administer the program;
374 (5) the Utah Education and Telehealth Network use the $1,000,000 one-time
375 appropriation to the Utah Education and Telehealth Network for infrastructure and other
376 technology for LEAs; and
377 (6) under Section 63J-1-603, the appropriations described in this section:
378 (a) not lapse at the close of fiscal year 2017; and
379 (b) may be used in fiscal year 2018, 2019, or 2020.