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Committee votes: rules advanced, memos accepted; list of committee actions
Summary
Summary of motions and outcomes from the Standards and Assessment Committee meeting: multiple rules advanced to the board and advisory memos accepted for staff follow-up.
Votes at a glance (Standards and Assessment Committee, June meeting)
- R277-606 Dropout Prevention and Recovery Program — Approved as amended on first reading and forwarded to board for final reading (committee unanimous). Amendment: strike the word "plan" (lines 10, 13, 15); advance December 15 notifications for identified LEAs.
- R277-616 Education for Homeless and Emancipated Students — Continued/approved on draft 1 and forwarded to the board for continuation approval on final reading (committee unanimous). Staff noted continuation to remain aligned with federal McKinney-Vento oversight and funding uncertainty.
- R277-623 School Climate Survey — Approved as amended and forwarded to the board for final reading (committee unanimous). Key amendments: replace "classified" with "education support professional," set participation guidance to "35% or 400 responses per survey group, whichever is fewer," preserve student right to request a different survey administrator, allow removal/inclusion of additional questions (subject to technical/API verification by staff).
- Incorporated document: College and Career Readiness (CCR) Certificate Program Standards (draft 1, as amended) and R277-921 Strengthening College and Career Readiness Program — Committee approved the incorporated standards as amended and forwarded the rule to the board for continuation/final reading (committee unanimous). Amendments clarified 'college' as broad postsecondary training, added FAFSA/Pell/Utah Promise language and emphasized individualized opportunities/resource-gap identification.
- Waiver/Policy amendment (Board Policy 3002) — Committee approved a waiver to use a targeted standards-review process when required by statute and amended policy 3002 to codify an abbreviated legislatively driven review pathway (committee unanimous).
- UCIP memos (Disability Awareness Toolkit; Tools for Parent Empowerment) — Committee accepted both memos for consideration and directed staff to determine implementation capacity for toolkit recommendations (committee unanimous). Staff will evaluate pilot results for online due-process filing and report back.
- R277-705 Secondary School Completion and Diplomas — Continued to the June 24 committee meeting after committee requested clarifying language and a state rubric/criteria for packet reviews and guidance on grade-replacement and accreditation questions.
Notes: All committee votes reported in the transcript were unanimous by voice vote. Where technical follow-up was required (School Climate Survey question-editing impacts; due-process online filing pilot; packet-review rubric) the committee asked staff to bring back details before final board action.
Ending: Staff will consolidate amendments and follow up on the technical and legal clarifications requested on several items; the committee will consider those items at the scheduled follow-up meeting.
