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The Utah State Board of Education appropriates funding annually for an intervention program intended to serve students at-risk of academic failure.
Title 53F-2-410: Enhancement for At-Risk Students Program
Utah State Legislature
R277-708: Enhancement for At-Risk Students
Utah State Board of Education Administrative Rules
The term at-risk of academic failure as defined by R277-708: Enhancement for At-Risk Students.
1. At-risk of academic failure means a k-12 public school student who meets a Local Education Agency (LEA) governing board's approved definition of at-risk of academic failure.
R277-708-3: Allocation of Enhancement for At-Risk Student Funds
b. When counting the number of students within an LEA who meet the criteria described in Subsection (4)(a), the Superintendent shall: