Trust Program money, and increase public awareness of school trust lands and related land policies, management of the State School Fund, and educational excellence. Utah Code § 53G-7-1202(2) (2019) Composition of Councils Each school community council shall consist of school employees (including the school’s principal) and parents of students who are attending the school. The recommended composition of school community councils for high schools is six (6) parent members and four (4) school employee members (including the principal). The recommended composition of school community councils for other schools is four (4) parent members and two (2) employee members (including the principal). The school community council is not required to have the recommended composition and can by majority vote of a quorum of the council determine how many members the council will have, provided that there are at least two (2) school employee members and there are at least two (2) more parent members than school employee members. The number of parent members of a school community council who are not educators employed by the school district shall exceed the number of parent members who are educators employed by the school district. If, after an election, the number of parent members who are not educators employed by the school district does not exceed the number of parent members who are educators employed by the school district, the parent members of the school community council shall appoint one or more parent members to the school community council so that the number of parent members who are not educators employed by the school district exceeds the number of parent members who are educators employed by the school district. Each community council shall elect a chair from its parent members and a vice chair from its parent members or school employee members other than the principal. Utah Code § 53G-7-1202(4), (5)(j) (2019) Notice of Available Community Council Positions At least 10 days before the date of a community council election, the principal of the school, or the principal’s designee, shall provide notice to each school, employee, parent, of the opportunity to vote in, and run as a candidate in, the election. The notice shall include:
1. the dates, times, and location of the election; 2. a list of council positions that are up for election; 3. instructions for becoming a candidate for a community council position; 4. the location where a ballot may be cast; and
5. the means by which a ballot may be cast, whether in person, by mail, or by electronic transfer. At least once per year, on or before October 20, the principal shall post on the school website an invitation to parents to serve on the school community council that includes an explanation of how a parent can directly influence the expenditure of the School LAND Trust Program funds, the dollar amount the school receives each year from that program, a copy or link to the current School Improvement Plan, and if the School LAND Trust Plan and School Improvement Plan have been consolidated into one, a statement to that effect. Utah Code § 53G-7-1202(5)(c) (2019) Utah Admin. Rules R277-491-3(1) (December 10, 2018)
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