NOTICE OF SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE
1. Agency Information
Education, Administration
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
2. Contact Persons
ben.rasmussen@schools.utah.gov
Please address questions regarding information on this notice to the persons listed above.
3. General Information
A. Rule or section catchline:
R277-712. Personalized, Competency-based Learning Grant Programs
B. Purpose of the new rule or reason for the change:
This rule is being repealed because it is no longer funded.
C. Summary of the new rule or change:
This rule is no longer needed because all of the funding has been distributed and the programs have ended.
This rule is repealed in its entirety.
5. Fiscal Information
Provide an estimate and written explanation of the aggregate anticipated cost or savings to:
This rule repeal is not expected to have fiscal impact on state government revenues or expenditures.
The repeal of Rule R277-712 eliminates the administrative structure, application processes, and review committee for the Personalized, Competency-based Learning Grant Programs.
Because all funding for these grants has been distributed and the programs have concluded, repealing this obsolete rule will not generate new state expenditures or alter ongoing state revenues.
This rule repeal is not expected to have fiscal impact on local governments' revenues or expenditures.
This rule repeal removes the application procedures, pre-grant training requirements, and outcome-based measurement criteria previously used by local education agencies (LEAs) to access the Personalized, Competency-based Learning grants.
Because the grant program is no longer funded and has ended, local governments are no longer receiving or expending these specific funds, meaning the repeal itself does not create incremental costs or savings.
C. Small businesses ("small business" means a business employing 1-49 persons):
This rule repeal is not expected to have fiscal impact on small businesses' revenues or expenditures.
The repealed rule strictly governed a state grant program for public education agencies.
Because this rule did not regulate, mandate services from, or provide direct funding to small businesses, there are no incremental costs or savings.
D. Non-small businesses ("non-small business" means a business employing 50 or more persons):
There are no non-small businesses in the industry in question, Elementary and Secondary Schools (North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 611110). Because there are no non-small businesses, they do not account for any service delivery for Elementary and Secondary Schools. Therefore, non-small businesses are not expected to receive increased or decreased revenues per year. This proposed rule change is not expected to have any fiscal impact on non-small businesses', revenues or expenditures because there are no applicable non-small businesses, and it does not require any expenditures of, or generate revenue for non-small businesses.
E. Persons other than small businesses, non-small businesses, state, or local government entities ("person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency):
This rule repeal is not expected to have fiscal impact on revenues or expenditures for persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local government entities.
The scope of the repealed rule was limited to the administration of state grants to LEAs.
Because no individuals, partnerships, or non-governmental entities were financially regulated or funded by this specific rule, there are no incremental costs or savings to other persons.
F. Compliance costs for affected persons:
There are no compliance costs for affected persons.
The repeal of this rule removes obsolete administrative procedures for an unfunded grant program that applied strictly to LEAs.
Because this rule did not impose individual fees, fines, or compliance expenses on private citizens or school employees, there are no compliance costs for affected persons.
6. Regulatory Impact Summary Table
Enter the cost or savings in the relevant cell. If there is no cost or savings, enter, "$0." If a cost or savings is inestimable, enter, "inestimable."
7. Regulatory Impact Analysis Approval
The State Superintendent of the Utah State Board of Education, Molly Hart, has reviewed and approved this regulatory impact analysis.
8. Family Impact Information
A. The agency has considered this rule's impact on family health, stability, and formation:
9. Citation Information
Provide citations to the statutory authority for the rule. If there is also a federal requirement for the rule, provide a citation to that requirement:
Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 3
Title 53F, Chapter 5, Part 5
11. Public Notice Information
The public may submit written or oral comments to the agency identified in box 1.
A. Comments will be accepted until:
12. Effective Date InformationThis rule change MAY become effective on:
(NOTE: This is the date the agency anticipates making the filing effective. It is NOT the effective date)
13. Agency Authorization Information
Agency head or
designee and title:
Ben Rasmussen, Director of Policy
R277. Education, Administration.
[R277-712. Personalized, Competency-based Learning Grant Programs. R277-712-1. Authority and Purpose. (1) This rule is authorized by: (a) Utah Constitution Article X, Section 3, which vests general control and supervision over public education in the Board; and (b) Section 53F-5-502, which requires the Board to: (i) define outcome-based measures for each type of grant awarded to LEA's; (ii) establish a grant application process; (iii) establish a review committee; and (iv) adopt metrics to analyze the quality of a grant application; and (c) Subsection 53E-3-401(4), which allows the Board to make rules to execute the Board's duties and responsibilities under the Utah Constitution and state law. (2) The purpose of this rule is to: (a) define outcome-based measures for each type of grant awarded to LEA's; (b) establish a grant application process; (c) establish a review committee; and (d) adopt metrics to analyze the quality of a grant application. (a) a planning grant under Section 53F-5-503; (b) an implementation grant under Section 53F-5-504; or (c) an expansion grant under Section 53F-5-505. (2) "Grant program" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53F-5-501. (3) "Review committee" means the committee established by the Board in accordance with Subsection 53F-5-502(3)(c). R277-712-3. Personalized Competency-based Learning Review Committee Membership and Duties. (1) The review committee shall include the following individuals: (a) the Deputy Superintendent of Instructional Services or the Deputy's designee, who is a non-voting member of the review committee; (b) one member who is an expert in blended learning; (c) one member who is an expert in STEM education; (d) one member who is an expert in assessment of student learning; (e) one member who is a former school district Superintendent; (f) one member who is a current school administrator; (g) one member who is a current charter school administrator; (h) one member who is a former LEA administrator; (i) one member who is a current teacher; (j) one member who is a former teacher; and (k) one member who is a current school district superintendent. (2) In addition to the committee members described in Subsection (1), the review committee may select additional grant application reviewers to assist the review committee with the work described in Subsection (3). (3) The review committee shall: (a) establish metrics to analyze the quality of a grant application; (b) review an LEA's grant application to determine whether the grant application: (i) meets the criteria described in applicable statute and rule; and (ii) should be selected by the Board to receive a grant; (c) make a recommendation to the Superintendent and the Board on which grant applications should be selected by the Board; and (d) perform other duties as directed by: R277-712-4. Pre-grant Approval Requirements. (1) Before an LEA submits a grant application to the review committee for approval by the Board, the LEA shall have at least two LEA representatives participate in the personalized, competency based learning grant application technical assistance training conducted by the Superintendent, including; (a) the school district superintendent or charter school executive director; and (b)(i) the LEA's curriculum director; or (ii) the LEA's proposed personalized, competency-based learning program manager. 
