Enhancement for At-Risk Students (EARS)

Overview

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.

R277-708-2: Definitions

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:

for a student who meets one criterion, count the student once; and
for a student who meets more than one criterion, count the student for each criterion the student meets, up to three criteria.