1st Sub.
S.B.
80
STATEWIDE ONLINE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
House Floor
Amendments
Amendment 3 March 13, 2014 10:17 PM
Representative Bradley G. Last
proposes the following amendments:
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53B-2a-106, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 346
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2. Page
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53B-16-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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3. Page
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Section 10.
Section
53B-2a-106
is amended to read:
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53B-2a-106. College campuses -- Duties.
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(1) Each Utah College of Applied Technology college campus shall, within the
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geographic area served by the college campus:
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(a) offer a non-credit post-secondary and secondary career and technical education
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curriculum;
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(b) offer that curriculum at:
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(i) low cost to adult students, as approved by the board of trustees; and
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(ii) no tuition to secondary students;
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(c) provide career and technical education that will result in:
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(i) appropriate licensing, certification, or other evidence of completion of training; and
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(ii) qualification for specific employment, with an emphasis on high demand, high
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wage, and high skill jobs in business and industry;
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(d) develop cooperative agreements with school districts, charter schools, other higher
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education institutions, businesses, industries, and community and private agencies to maximize
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the availability of instructional facilities within the geographic area served by the college
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campus; and
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(e) after consulting with school districts and charter schools within the geographic area
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served by the college campus:
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(i) ensure that secondary students in the public education system have access to career
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and technical education at each college campus; and
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(ii) prepare and submit an annual report to the Utah College of Applied Technology
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detailing:
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(A) how the career and technical education needs of secondary students within the
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region are being met;
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(B) what access secondary students within the region have to programs offered at
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college campuses;
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(C) how the emphasis on high demand, high wage, high skill jobs in business and
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industry described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii) is being provided; and
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(D) student tuition and fees.
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(2) A college campus may offer:
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(a) a competency-based high school diploma approved by the State Board of Education
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in accordance with Section 53A-1-402;
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(b) non-credit, basic instruction in areas such as reading, language arts, and
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mathematics that are necessary for student success in a chosen career and technical education
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or job-related program; [and]
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(c) non-credit courses of interest when similar offerings to the community are limited
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and courses are financially self-supporting[.]; and
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(d) secondary school level courses through the Statewide Online Education Program
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created in Title 53A, Chapter 15, Part 12, Statewide Online Education Program Act.
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(3) [A] Except as provided in Subsection (2)(d), a college campus may not:
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(a) offer courses other than non-credit career and technical education or the non-credit,
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basic instruction described in Subsections (2)(b) and (c);
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(b) offer a degree;
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(c) offer career and technical education or basic instruction outside the geographic area
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served by the college campus without a cooperative agreement between an affected institution,
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except as provided in Subsection (6);
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(d) provide tenure or academic rank for its instructors; and
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(e) participate in intercollegiate athletics.
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(4) The mission of a college campus is limited to non-credit career and technical
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education and may not expand to include credit-based academic programs typically offered by
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community colleges or other institutions of higher education.
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(5) A campus shall be recognized as a college campus of the Utah College of Applied
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Technology, and regional affiliation shall be retained and recognized through local
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designations such as "Bridgerland Applied Technology College: A Utah College of Applied
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Technology Campus."
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(6) (a) A college campus may offer career and technical education or basic instruction
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outside the geographic area served by the college campus without a cooperative agreement, as
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required in Subsection (3)(c), if:
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(i) the career and technical education or basic instruction is specifically requested by:
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(A) an employer; or
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(B) a craft, trade, or apprenticeship program;
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(ii) the college campus notifies the affected institution about the request; and
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(iii) the affected institution is given an opportunity to make a proposal, prior to any
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contract being finalized or training being initiated by the college campus, to the employer,
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craft, trade, or apprenticeship program about offering the requested career and technical
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education or basic instruction, provided that the proposal shall be presented no later than one
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business week from the delivery of the notice described under Subsection (6)(b).
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(b) The requirements under Subsection (6)(a)(iii) do not apply if there is a prior
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training relationship.
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Section 11.
Section
53B-16-108
is enacted to read:
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53B-16-108. Courses offered through the Statewide Online Education Program.
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An institution of higher education listed in Section 53B-2-101 may offer secondary
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school level courses or concurrent enrollment courses through the Statewide Online Education
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Program created in Title 53A, Chapter 15, Part 12, Statewide Online Education Program Act.
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