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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill creates criteria for software programs for English learner students.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ requires the State Board of Education to allocate appropriations to a local education
13 agency (LEA) in proportion to the LEA's statewide share of English learner
14 students; and
15 ▸ requires an LEA to use appropriations allocated to the LEA to pay for software
16 licenses for a software program that meets certain criteria.
17 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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19 Other Special Clauses:
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21 Utah Code Sections Affected:
22 ENACTS:
23 53F-4-208, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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25 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26 Section 1. Section 53F-4-208 is enacted to read:
27 53F-4-208. Software licenses for English learners.
28 (1) The state board shall allocate money that the Legislature appropriates for the
29 purposes described in this section to an LEA in proportion to the LEA's share of statewide
30 English learner students.
31 (2) An LEA shall:
32 (a) select a vendor to provide student software licenses for English learner students;
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34 (b) use the appropriations the state board allocates to the LEA under Subsection (1) to
35 pay for the software licenses described in Subsection (2)(a).
36 (3) An LEA shall select a vendor that provides student licenses for a software program
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38 (a) provides login access in an English learner student's home;
39 (b) provides individual instruction that adapts based on student input; and
40 (c) assists students on an individual basis with academic English language
41 development.