AGENCY: Board of Education. Office of Education. Curriculum Section

SERIES: 12499
TITLE: Experimental and developmental education grant files
DATES: 1993-2015.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by fiscal year, thereunder alphabetical by school district name

DESCRIPTION: These records document funds applied for and received by school districts to be used toward experimental education projects. They include applications, correspondence, and mid-year and final reports. The information includes the district name, title, amount approved, distribution of funds among the school districts in Utah, abstracts of the projects, project director, proposed funding source, budget, narrative summaries of the project, conformity with program rules, statement of need, basis of evaluation and evaluator, objectives, and costs by category.__The final reports include how the project did or did not meet its objectives and time schedule, summary of evaluation information, potential for statewide or district-wide use of the program, narrative outline of project to date, plans for continuation, and financial reports. In 1991, the State Legislature merged several previously existing grant programs into the Experimental and Developmental Education Program. This program replaced the following:__Outcome Based Education, Productivity, Technology, and Promoting Excellence and Efficiency in the Public Schools. This program was administered by Project Assistance Services until 1993 when it was transferred to Curriculum.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 08/1996

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 3 years and then transfer to State Archives.

APPRAISAL

Fiscal Historical

This disposition is based on the audit requirements of the financial records and the historical value of the program reports.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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