State legislators have the opportunity to create and support legislation that positions data as a tool to help decisionmakers at all levels take action to support student success. This checklist can serve as a guide to crafting legislation that addresses education data. It applies specifically to education data legislation which includes bills…

For more than two decades, tax-credit scholarship (TCS) policies have helped American families provide their children with the learning environment that meets their individual needs. Now available in 19 states, nearly 300,000 students nationwide use tax-credit scholarships to attend the school of their family's choice. TCS policies create an…

A Toolkit of Emerging Best Practices and Opportunities for Charter Support Organizations Approximately 6.4 million students--roughly 13 percent of the student population between ages 6-21--receive special education and related services in public schools every year. While students identified as eligible for special education require supports and…

This publication contains guidelines for Utah local school officials developing school policies concerning student rights and responsibilities. Following an introductory section, section 2 presents guidelines for student rights and responsibilities related to the relationship between students and educational institutions. These guidelines concern…

This publication is intended to provide policy-makers, educators, and concerned citizens with a practical introduction to pupil weighting systems--what they can accomplish, what factors must be taken into account as they are developed, and what problems can hamper their implementation. Pupil weighting systems are alternative approaches to funding…

These materials are the result of a summer curriculum development workshop during the summer of 1973. The participants purposely represented several subject disciplines and grade levels to give credence to the philosophy of environmental education as an interdisciplinary study that permeates all areas of the curriculum, kindergarten to grade…

The Guidelines for Educational Program Auditors in Utah were prepared to help educational program auditors (EPAs) deliver high quality services with a minimum of effort; they were intended to serve as a text for EPA training sessions, as a handbook and policy guide for EPAs and their assistants, and as a standard for judging the quality of EPA…

The guide is for the use of teachers in the areas of business and office occupations, grades 7-12. It focuses on recommended curriculum offerings and accountability levels for business and office occupations subjects and represents an effort to promote articulation and communication among the various educational settings in the State. The subjects…

The high school curriculum guide on law consists of an outline of the American legal system. A major objective is to provide students with legal knowledge in order to better understand the reasons for keeping the law. Both the public and individual's responsibilities toward law enforcement are dealt with. The guide is divided into five units. Unit…

The position of the Utah State Board of Education is that career education will be a major thrust of the total public education system from kindergarten through secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels, with the State Education Agency providing the leadership for development and implementation of the career education concept. Basic objectives of…