R277-445-4. Splitting a School that Qualifies as a Necessarily Existent Small School

(1) A school district that intends to split a school that qualifies as a necessarily existent small school or has qualified as a necessarily existent small school within the past five years shall submit a proposal to the Board as outlined in Subsection 53F-2-304(8). (2) An LEA shall submit a proposal under Subsection (1), no later than July 1 of the fiscal year prior to the planned split. (3) The Superintendent shall: (a) review an LEA's waiver request; and (b) may provide a recommendation to the Board. (4) The Board Executive Committee may assign a waiver request made under this Rule R277-121 to a Board standing committee. (5) The standing committee assigned in accordance with Subsection (2): (a) may solicit additional information or testimony; (b) shall review the request in an open meeting; and (c) shall make a recommendation for consideration by the full Board. (6) The Board shall consider available data in evaluating an LEA waiver request and shall consider whether the split is: (a) educationally and operationally necessary; and (b) not primarily motivated by financial considerations related to necessarily existent small school funding. (7) The Board may request an LEA that receives approval for a split in accordance with this Rule R277-445 and Section 53F-2-304 to report the following to a Board committee: (a) data that supports continuation of the requested split; and (b) data related to the data the LEA presented as a part of the LEA's request for the split.