Data Recipient(s)

• Canyons School District
• Salt Lake City School District
• Jordan School District
• Granite School District

Start and End Dates

Original starting date: 07/01/2022

Current end date: 06/30/2023

Agreement Type

Memorandum of Understanding

Description

Purpose

The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding between the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and the following four Local Education Agencies: Canyons School District, Salt Lake City School District, Jordan School District and Granite School District is to provide, train, and assign literacy coaches to schools with low literacy achievement performance to provide early literacy coaching to teachers in kindergarten through grade 3.

Legal Authority

34 CFR § 99.31(a), 20 U.S. Code § 1232g(b). This data sharing is permitted under the “School Official Exception” of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Utah Code Annotated (UCA) § 53E-3-1002(1)
provide, train, and assign literacy coaches to schools with low literacy achievement performance to provide early literacy coaching to teachers in kindergarten through grade 3.

Utah Administration Rule R277-326
USBE shall provide the salary, benefits, and costs associated with employing the Coaches. This shall include providing each Coach a laptop, monitor, docking station, etc. USBE shall not be responsible to pay indirect costs, which are not allowable.

Justification

• Required by State Law 

Approval

Original Agreement

Approved by: Utah State Board of Education

Approval Date: 09/26/2022

Data

Data Type

Personally identifiable educator information, Personally identifiable student information

Data Shared

Data shared includes relevant educator and student personal information for the purpose of incidental data sharing while providing professional learning to educators by analyzing data, implementing the science of reading, and collaborating with school leaders to improve classroom practices and achieve school-wide literacy goals.

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