R277-472-1. Definitions

  A. "Board" means the Utah State Board of Education.

  B. "Below capacity at the elementary and secondary level" making the grade level available for transfer students from charter schools outside of the window provided for in Subsection 53G-6-503(3) is established if the grade level or program is less than 100 percent of the district, school, or grade level average.

  (1) A special program is "below capacity" or available for transfer students from charter schools if the number of assigned students is less than the designated number of students determined by valid, research-based, or federally established standards.

  (2) An entire elementary or secondary school is "below capacity" if the district determines that the average class size, using calculations of classes and courses in R277-472-3, is less than 100 percent of the district elementary or secondary average class size.

  C. "Elementary (K-6) class size" means the number of students with a primary assignment to a specific teacher.

  (1) An extended day class in which a portion of the class arrives early and the other portion stays late shall be counted as one class.

  (2) Elementary class size shall include all special education students who participate in all or part of the school day excluding those students assigned to self-contained special education classes.

  D. "Secondary (7-12) class size" means the secondary school's calculation for each language arts, mathematics, and science course that is typically taught multiple times in the school day, such as 8th grade English, Algebra 1, Earth Systems.