53G-10-603. Parental consent for student participating in opportunity class.

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Effective 5/4/2022

(1)A parent of a K-12 student may give the parent's consent for the student to participate in an opportunity class by submitting the parent's written and signed consent, as described in Subsection

(2), to the public school teacher who proposes to submit an innovation program application.

(a)A public school teacher who intends to submit an innovation program application shall provide a consent form to a parent of a prospective participating student.

(b)A form by which a parent consents to the enrollment of the parent's child in an opportunity class shall contain:

(i)the name and a summary of the credentials of each teacher and other staff member who will be teaching or working in the opportunity class;

(ii)an explanation that the opportunity class is experimental in nature and may not receive approval to continue beyond the school year for which the innovation program is approved;

(iii)a description of the alternative curriculum and alternative classroom schedule, as applicable, that the innovation program application intends to seek approval for;

(iv)a description of how, when, and where the opportunity class instruction will take place and whether the instruction will include in-person, virtual, or hybrid components;

(v)if the innovation application intends to include a proposed alternative curriculum, a description of:

(A)the alternative curriculum and the instructional materials to be used in the opportunity class; and

(B)the outcomes the opportunity class using the alternative curriculum is designed to achieve; and

(vi)a statement accompanying the parent's signature indicating that the parent has read the explanation of the opportunity class contained in the consent form and understands the experimental nature of the opportunity class.

Enacted by Chapter 236 , 2022 General Session