State board report to Education Interim Committee on statutory requirements impacted by assessment waivers.
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(1) As used in this section, "assessment waiver" means the waiver of assessments described in Section 53E-4-315.
(2) On or before the Education Interim Committee's October 2020 meeting, the state board shall submit a written or oral report to the Education Interim Committee that:
(a)
(i) identifies the statutory requirements, including programs, reports, evaluations, and accountability measures, impacted by the assessment waiver; and
(ii) describes how each statutory requirement described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) is impacted by the assessment waiver;
(b)
(i) describes the data which the state board:
(A) has not collected or will not collect because of the assessment waiver; and
(B) has collected or will collect despite the assessment waiver; and
(ii) if the state board has collected or will collect data that it will not publish or report, explains why the state board will not publish or report the data;
(c) identifies the statutory requirements with which the state board or an LEA has not fully complied or will not fully comply because of the assessment waiver;
(d) describes the extent to which the state board or an LEA has complied or will comply with statutory requirements described in Subsection (2)(c); and
(e) explains why the state board or an LEA has not fully complied or will not fully comply with the requirements described in Subsection (2)(c).
(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Utah law, submission of the written or oral report described in Subsection (2) fulfills a statutory requirement:
(a) that the state board addresses in accordance with Subsection (2); and
(b) with which the state board or an LEA has not fully complied as described in Subsection (2)(c).
(4) This section supersedes any conflicting provisions of Utah law.