Policy EFC - Grading: Participation of Home School, Scholarship, and Private School Students in Statewide Assessments
Issue Date: May 19, 2021
Updated: June 11, 2025
Home School Student Participation
Home school students who are Utah residents may participate in statewide assessments in the District when convenient to the student’s circumstances and subject to the following requirements:
- The student must have satisfied the home school requirements set forth in Policy FBB and Utah Code § 53G-6-204.
- The home school student must pay charges or fees for the testing on the same basis that students enrolled in the school must pay charges or fees.
- The District shall determine in which school(s) qualifying home school students will take statewide assessments.
- The District may require parent or adult participation in administration of statewide assessments on behalf of home school students, as appropriate.
Upon request of a home school student or the student’s parent or guardian, the District shall provide a copy of the schedule of statewide assessment dates, the locations at which home school students may be tested, and the District’s policies relating to home school student participation in statewide assessments. Home school students who desire to participate in a particular statewide assessment must make the request in writing at least 30 days before the test date. The District shall respond in writing to the request at least 10 days following the receipt of the request. Where the request to participate is approved, the District shall provide written notice to the home school student and his or her parent or guardian of testing rules, including required identification and proof of residency for adults and students and implements or materials that the home school student may or may not bring or use for the test.
Utah Admin. Rules R277-604-4 (December 11, 2023)
Scholarship Student Participation
A “scholarship student” is a student who receives a scholarship under the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program or the Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program.
Utah Admin. Rules R277-604-2(5) (December 11, 2023)
Utah Code § 53E-7-401(13) (2023)
Utah Code § 53F-6-401(12) (2023)
An “eligible school” is a school that has been approved for participation in the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program.
Utah Admin. Rules R277-604-2(1) (December 11, 2023)
A “qualifying school” is a school that participates in the Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program.
Utah Admin. Rules R277-604-2(4) (December 11, 2023)
Utah Code § 53E-7-401(8) (2023)
Scholarship students who are not enrolled in an eligible school or qualifying school may be allowed by the District to participate in statewide assessments administered in the District subject to the following conditions:
- The student must pay, in advance, the full cost to the District of administering the testing. These testing costs include costs for materials, scoring, reporting, and State-related costs.
- The District shall determine in which school(s) scholarship students may take statewide assessments.
- The District shall determine the limits, if any, of numbers of scholarship students that can be accommodated by the school.
Upon request of a scholarship student or the student’s parents, the District shall provide a copy of the schedule of statewide assessment dates, the locations at which scholarship students may be tested, and the District’s policies relating to scholarship student participation in statewide assessments. A scholarship student desiring to participate in a particular statewide assessment must make the request in writing at least 30 days before the test date. The District shall respond in writing to the request at least 10 days following the receipt of the request. Where the request to participate is approved, the District shall provide written notice to the student of testing rules, including required identification and proof of residency and implements or materials that the student may or may not bring or use for the test.
Utah Admin. Rules R277-604-6 (December 11, 2023)
Test results for scholarship students shall not be provided to any person or entity other than the student, the student’s parent, and the scholarship program manager. However, if the student is partially enrolled in a public school, the results may also be provided to the public school where the student is partially enrolled.
Utah Admin. Rules R277-604-6(4)(c), (5) (December 11, 2023)
Scholarship students enrolled in an eligible school or qualifying school may be allowed by the District to participate in statewide assessments administered in the District subject to the following conditions:
- The scholarship student’s school must request permission from the District on behalf of the student to participate.
- The student or school must pay, in advance, the full cost to the District of administering the testing. These testing costs include costs for materials, scoring, reporting, and State-related costs.
- The District shall determine in which school(s) scholarship students may take statewide assessments.
- The District shall determine the limits, if any, of numbers of scholarship students that can be accommodated by the school.
- The District may require the eligible school or qualifying school to provide administrators to participate in monitoring or proctoring tests, as appropriate.
Upon request of an eligible school or qualifying school to whose students the District is administering assessments, the District shall provide the school a copy of the schedule of statewide assessment dates, the locations at which scholarship students may be tested, and the District’s policies relating to scholarship student participation in statewide assessments. Eligible schools or qualifying schools which desire to have their students participate in a particular statewide assessment must make the request in writing at least 30 days before the test date. The District shall respond in writing to the request at least 10 days following the receipt of the request. Where the request to participate is approved, the District shall provide written notice to the school of testing rules, including required identification and proof of residency for staff and students and implements or materials that the school staff or student may or may not bring or use for the test.
Utah Admin. Rules R277-604-3 (December 11, 2023)
Test results for scholarship students enrolled in an eligible school or qualifying school shall not be provided to any person or entity other than the student, the student’s parent, the eligible or qualifying school, and the scholarship program manager. However, if the student is partially enrolled in a public school, the results may also be provided to the public school where the student is partially enrolled.
Utah Admin. Rules R277-604-3(4)(e), (5) (December 11, 2023)
Private School Student Participation
Private school students who are Utah residents may be allowed by the District to participate in statewide assessments administered in the District subject to the following conditions:
- The private school student’s school must request permission from the District on behalf of the student to participate.
- The student or private school must pay, in advance, the full cost to the District of administering the testing. These testing costs include costs for materials, scoring, reporting, and State-related costs.
- The District shall determine in which school(s) private school students may take statewide assessment.
- The District shall determine the limits, if any, of numbers of non-public school students that can be accommodated by the school.
- The District may require the participating private school to provide administrators to participate in monitoring or proctoring tests, as appropriate.
Upon request of a private school to whose students the District is administering assessments, the District shall provide the private school a copy of the schedule of statewide assessment dates, the locations at which private school students may be tested, and the District’s policies relating to private school student participation in statewide assessments. Private schools which desire to have their students participate in a particular statewide assessment must make the request in writing at least 30 days before the test date. The District shall respond in writing to the request at least 10 days following the receipt of the request. Where the request to participate is approved, the District shall provide written notice to the private school of testing rules, including required identification and proof of residency for staff and students and implements or materials that the private school or student may or may not bring or use for the test.
Private school students who are not Utah residents may participate in statewide assessments only upon payment, in advance, of the full cost of the individual assessments.
Utah Admin. Rules R277-604-3 (May 26, 2020)
Test results for private school students shall not be provided to any person or entity other than the student, the student’s parent, and the private school. However, if the student is partially enrolled in a public school, the results may also be provided to the public school where the student is partially enrolled.
Utah Admin. Rules R277-604-3(4)(e), (5) (December 11, 2023)
Bureau of Indian Education Schools Administrator Training
The administrators of Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools are responsible to meet statewide assessment requirements relating to the students in their schools. The District shall provide materials and training to administrators of BIE schools within the District on the schedule which applies to the District. The District shall notify administrators of BIE schools located in the District of all information and training on statewide assessments provided by the District.