Piute School District

Community Letter

Patrons, and Colleagues,

As another year approaches an end, I wanted to take a minute and update you on some great things happening at the District as well as at the State level.

 

CSS Program

School districts and charter schools are required by Utah law, 53A1a-704(10), to inform parents of students with IEPs enrolled in public schools, of the availability of a scholarship to attend a private school through the Carson Smith Scholarship Program”.
The address of the Internet website maintained by the USOE that provides prospective applicants and their parents with program information and application forms for the CSS Program http://www.schools.utah.gov/sars/Quick-Links/Carson-Smith-Scholarship.aspx

Utah Child Protection Registry

You can find this link under "Web Links" on the tabs above.    

Protect Your Family's Addresses

The Utah Child Protection Registry is a free program provided by the State of Utah that helps you stop adult-oriented solicitations from being targeted at you and your family. The program allows you to protect:
  • E-Mail Addresses
  • Mobile Phone Numbers
  • Instant Messenger IDs
  • Fax Numbers
Companies and marketers that send adult-oriented messages, such as those promoting pornography, alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, and gambling are required to screen their mailing lists with the State of Utah and remove registered addresses and numbers before they send their solicitations. Marketers that fail to remove registered addresses face felony charges as well as substantial civil and criminal fines.

Statewide Online Education Program

 

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The 2011 legislature enacted a new law (Senate Bill 65) to enable a student to earn high school graduation credit through the completion of online courses. It requires each school district to create/adopt an online program for students grades 9-12 and advertise this program to the patrons in the district. Piute School District will continue to use Electronic High School for one more year, and is exploring other online programs such as BYU Independent Study that will have a better support system for students that choose to earn graduation credit online. For questions regarding this option please call the district office (577-2912 ext. 3) or visit the district web page at http://www.piutek12.org