Section 53F-4-501 - DefinitionsAs used in this part:
(1) "Authorized online course provider" means the entities listed in Subsection 53F-4-504(1).(2)(a) "Certified online course provider" means a provider that the state board approves to offer courses through the Statewide Online Education Program.(b) "Certified online course provider" does not include an entity described in Subsections 53F-4-504(1)(a) through (c).(3) "Credit" means credit for a high school course, or the equivalent for a middle school course, as determined by the state board.(4)(a) "Eligible student" means a student: (i) who intends to take a course for middle school or high school credit; and(ii)(A) who is enrolled in an LEA in Utah;(B) who attends a private school or home school andwhose custodial parent is a resident of Utah; or(C) who is an exchange student residing in Utah and enrolled in an LEA or private school in Utah.(b) "Eligible student" does not include a scholarship student as defined in Section 53F-6-401.(5) "Exchange student" means a student sponsored by an agency approved by an LEA or private school governing board or a student who has an F-1, J-1, or J-2 visa.(6) "High school" means grade 9, 10, 11, or 12.(7) "Middle school" means, only for purposes of student eligibility to participate in the Statewide Online Education Program, grade 6, 7, or 8.(8) "Online course" means a course of instruction offered by the Statewide Online Education Program through the use of digital technology, regardless of whether the student participates in the course at home, at school, at another location, or any combination of these.(9) "Plan for college and career readiness" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-2-304.(10) "Primary LEA of enrollment" or "primary LEA" means the LEA in which an eligible student is enrolled for courses other than online courses offered through the Statewide Online Education Program.(11) "Released-time" means a period of time during the regular school day a student is excused from school at the request of the student's parent pursuant to rules of the state board.(12) "State board's contractor" means the private entity described in Section 53F-4-503 with which the state board contracts to administer the portion of the Statewide Online Education Program designated for a student who attends private school or home school.Amended by Chapter 1, 2024SP3 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 6/21/2024, retrospective operation to January 1, 2024.Amended by Chapter 26, 2024 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 24, 2024 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 226, 2023 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by Chapter 368, 2023 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 413, 2021 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/5/2021.Amended by Chapter 362, 2021 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/5/2021.Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session ,§ 245, eff. 5/14/2019.Renumbered from § 53A-15-1202 and amended by Chapter 2, 2018 General Session ,§ 95, eff. 1/24/2018.Amended by Chapter 238, 2012 General Session ,§ 7, eff. 5/8/2012.Enacted by Chapter 419, 2011 General Session