{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-53g-5-409","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 53G-5-409","heading":"Regulated transactions and relationships -- Definitions -- Rulemaking.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Charter school officer\" means:\n(i) a member of a charter school's governing board;\n(ii) a member of a board or an officer of a nonprofit corporation under which a charter school is organized and managed; or\n(iii) the chief administrative officer of a charter school.\n(b)\n(i) \"Employment\" means a position in which a person's salary, wages, pay, or compensation, whether as an employee or contractor, is paid from charter school funds.\n(ii) \"Employment\" does not include a charter school volunteer.\n(c) \"Relative\" means a father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law.\n(2)\n(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a relative of a charter school officer may not be employed at a charter school.\n(b) If a relative of a charter school officer is to be considered for employment in a charter school, the charter school officer shall:\n(i) disclose the relationship, in writing, to the other charter school officers;\n(ii) submit the employment decision to the charter school's governing board for the approval, by majority vote, of the charter school's governing board;\n(iii) abstain from voting on the issue; and\n(iv) be absent from the portion of the meeting where the employment is being considered and determined.\n(3)\n(a) Except as provided in Subsections (3)(b) and (3)(c), a charter school officer or a relative of a charter school officer may not have a financial interest in a contract or other transaction involving a charter school in which the charter school officer serves as a charter school officer.\n(b) If a charter school's governing board considers entering into a contract or executing a transaction in which a charter school officer or a relative of a charter school officer has a financial interest, the charter school officer shall:\n(i) disclose the financial interest, in writing, to the other charter school officers;\n(ii) submit the contract or transaction decision to the charter school's governing board for the approval, by majority vote, of the charter school's governing board;\n(iii) abstain from voting on the issue; and\n(iv) be absent from the portion of the meeting where the contract or transaction is being considered and determined.\n(c) The provisions in Subsection (3)(a) do not apply to a reasonable contract of employment for:\n(i) the chief administrative officer of a charter school; or\n(ii) a relative of the chief administrative officer of a charter school whose employment is approved in accordance with the provisions in Subsection (2).\n(4) The state board or State Charter School Board may not operate a charter school.","path":["Title 53G Public Education System -- Local Administration","Chapter 53G-5 Charter Schools","Part 53G-5-4 Powers and Duties"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53G/Chapter5/53G-5-S409.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"482720bb3141e142219ec10a21200c4f17a9c9ef514714a7bbce9ada406e24ac","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-53g-5-408","next":"us-ut/utah-code-53g-5-410"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}