R277-484-2. Definitions

  (1) "Annual Financial Report" means an account of LEA revenue and expenditures by source and fund sufficient to meet the reporting requirements specified in Subsections 53A-1-301(3)(d) and (e).

  (2) "Annual Program Report" means an account of LEA revenue and expenditures by source and program sufficient to meet the reporting requirements specified in Subsections 53A-1-301(3)(d) and (e).

  (3) "Comprehensive Administration of Credentials for Teachers in Utah Schools" or "CACTUS" means the same as that term is defined in Subsection R277-512(1)(a).

  (4) "Data Warehouse" means the database of demographic information, course taking, and test results maintained by the USOE on all students enrolled in Utah schools.

  (5) "EDEN" means the Education Data Exchange Network, the mechanism by which state education agencies are mandated to submit data to the U.S. Department of Education.

  (6) "LEA" includes, for purposes of this rule, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.

  (7) "MSP" means Minimum School Program, the set of state supported K-12 public school funding programs.

  (8) "Schools interoperability framework" or "SIF" means an open global standard for seamless, real time data transfer and usage for Utah public schools.

  (9) "Student achievement backpack" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Subsection 53A-1-413(1)(d).

  (10) "Student information system" or "SIS" means a student data collection system used for Utah public schools.

  (11) "Utah eTranscript and Record Exchange" or "UTREx" means a system that allows individual detailed student records to be exchanged electronically between public education LEAs and the Board, and allows electronic transcripts to be sent to any post-secondary institution, private or public, in-state or out-of-state, that participates in the e-transcript service.

  (12) "Utah Student Record Store" has the same meaning as that term is defined in Subsection 53A-1-413(1)(e).

  (13) "Year" means both the school year and the fiscal year for a Utah LEA, which runs from July 1 through June 30.