H.B. 336

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APPLIED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TASK
2 FORCE
3 2000 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Jeff Alexander
6 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; CREATING THE APPLIED TECHNOLOGY
7 EDUCATION TASK FORCE; PROVIDING FOR MEMBERSHIP; PROVIDING DUTIES AND
8 REQUIRING AN INTERIM REPORT; APPROPRIATING $38,500 FOR FISCAL YEAR
9 1999-2000; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING A REPEAL DATE.
10 This act enacts uncodified material.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Applied Technology Education Task Force -- Creation -- Membership --
13 Quorum -- Staff.
14 (1) There is created the Applied Technology Education Task Force consisting of the
15 following members:
16 (a) three members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
17 two of whom may be from the same political party;
18 (b) six members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
19 of Representatives, no more than three of whom may be from the same political party; and
20 (c) three members from the general public representing major business sectors such as
21 information technology, manufacturing, or services appointed jointly by the president and the
22 speaker.
23 (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under
24 Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the task force.
25 (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House
26 of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the task force.
27 (3) (a) A majority of the members of the task force constitute a quorum.

28 (b) The action of a majority of the quorum constitutes the action of the task force.
29 (4) (a) Salaries and expenses of legislative members of the task force shall be paid in
30 accordance with Section 36-2-2 and Joint Rule 15.03.
31 (b) Members of the task force who are not legislators receive no additional compensation
32 for their work associated with the task force.
33 (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to
34 the task force.
35 Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
36 (1) The task force shall review and make recommendations on the following applied
37 technology education issues:
38 (a) the role and mission of applied technology education providers in the state;
39 (b) the governance of applied technology education;
40 (c) the criteria for determining new facility requirements to provide applied technology
41 education services;
42 (d) policies regarding standards of accountability and articulation among stakeholders;
43 (e) funding mechanisms;
44 (f) the applied technology education role and mission of the Joint Liaison Committee
45 within the state's education systems;
46 (g) the development and use of measurable standards, including uniformity in developing
47 databases and common methods of distributing information;
48 (h) duplication of applied technology education programs between the state's public and
49 higher education systems; and
50 (i) other issues related to applied technology education as determined by the task force.
51 (2) A final report, including any proposed legislation shall be presented to the Education
52 Interim Committee before November 30, 2000.
53 Section 3. Appropriation.
54 There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1999-2000:
55 (1) $4,500 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the task
56 force;
57 (2) $9,000 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses of
58 representatives on the task force; and

59 (3) $25,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to pay for staffing
60 the task force.
61 Section 4. Effective date.
62 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
63 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
64 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
65 date of veto override.
66 Section 5. Repeal date.
67 This act is repealed November 30, 2000.




Legislative Review Note
as of 2-1-00 9:51 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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