53F-6-410. Parental rights -- Optional assessment.

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Effective 3/6/2025

(1)In accordance with Section 53G-6-803 regarding a parent's right to academic accommodations, nothing in this chapter restricts or affects a parent's interests and role in the care, custody, and control of the parent's child, including the duty and right to nurture and direct the child's upbringing and education.

(a)A parent may request that the program manager facilitate one of the following assessments of the parent's scholarship student:

(i)a standards assessment described in Section 53E-4-303 ;

(ii)a high school assessment described in Section 53E-4-304 ;

(iii)a college readiness assessment described in Section 53E-4-305 ;

(iv)an assessment of students in grade 3 to measure reading grade level described in Section 53E-4-307 ; or

(v)a nationally norm-referenced assessment.

(i)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entity administering an assessment described in Subsection (2)(a) to a scholarship student in accordance with this section may not report the result of or any other data pertaining to the assessment or scholarship student to a person other than the program manager, the scholarship student, or the scholarship student's parent.

(ii)The program manager may not report or communicate the result or data described in Subsection (2)(b)(i) to a person other than the relevant scholarship student and the scholarship student's parent unless the result or data is included in a de-identified compilation of data related to all scholarship students.

(c)In any communication from the program manager regarding an assessment described in this Subsection

(2), the program manager shall include a disclaimer that no assessment is required.

(d)The completion of an optional assessment under this section satisfies the portfolio eligibility qualification described in Subsection 53F-6-402(3)(d) .

(3)The rights described in this section shall be exercised in conjunction with the procedures for students with special needs as described in Section 53F-6-416 .

Amended by Chapter 25 , 2025 General Session