R277-437-1. 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; (b) 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; and (c) Subsection 53G-6-405, which directs the Board to provide a formula by rule for resident students to attend school districts under 53G-6-401. (2) The purpose of this rule is: (a) to establish necessary definitions; (b) to establish a formula for the residual per pupil expenditure for school districts to reimburse each other for full and part-time nonresident students; (c) to summarize school, school district, and state responsibilities under Section 53G-6-401; and (d) to provide a standard statewide open enrollment form required under Subsection 53G-6-402(4)(b)(ii).