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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{   53B-16-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953   }


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{       Section 10. Section 53B-2a-106 is amended to read:

             308          53B-2a-106. College campuses -- Duties.
             309          (1) Each Utah College of Applied Technology college campus shall, within the
             310      geographic area served by the college campus:
             311          (a) offer a non-credit post-secondary and secondary career and technical education
             312      curriculum;
             313          (b) offer that curriculum at:
             314          (i) low cost to adult students, as approved by the board of trustees; and
             315          (ii) no tuition to secondary students;
             316          (c) provide career and technical education that will result in:
             317          (i) appropriate licensing, certification, or other evidence of completion of training; and
             318          (ii) qualification for specific employment, with an emphasis on high demand, high
             319      wage, and high skill jobs in business and industry;
             320          (d) develop cooperative agreements with school districts, charter schools, other higher
             321      education institutions, businesses, industries, and community and private agencies to maximize
             322      the availability of instructional facilities within the geographic area served by the college
             323      campus; and
             324          (e) after consulting with school districts and charter schools within the geographic area
             325      served by the college campus:
             326          (i) ensure that secondary students in the public education system have access to career
             327      and technical education at each college campus; and
             328          (ii) prepare and submit an annual report to the Utah College of Applied Technology
             329      detailing:
             330          (A) how the career and technical education needs of secondary students within the
             331      region are being met;


             332          (B) what access secondary students within the region have to programs offered at
             333      college campuses;
             334          (C) how the emphasis on high demand, high wage, high skill jobs in business and
             335      industry described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii) is being provided; and
             336          (D) student tuition and fees.
             337          (2) A college campus may offer:
             338          (a) a competency-based high school diploma approved by the State Board of Education
             339      in accordance with Section 53A-1-402;
             340          (b) non-credit, basic instruction in areas such as reading, language arts, and
             341      mathematics that are necessary for student success in a chosen career and technical education
             342      or job-related program; [and]
             343          (c) non-credit courses of interest when similar offerings to the community are limited
             344      and courses are financially self-supporting[.]; and
             345          (d) secondary school level courses through the Statewide Online Education Program
             346      created in Title 53A, Chapter 15, Part 12, Statewide Online Education Program Act.
             347          (3) [A] Except as provided in Subsection (2)(d), a college campus may not:
             348          (a) offer courses other than non-credit career and technical education or the non-credit,
             349      basic instruction described in Subsections (2)(b) and (c);
             350          (b) offer a degree;
             351          (c) offer career and technical education or basic instruction outside the geographic area
             352      served by the college campus without a cooperative agreement between an affected institution,
             353      except as provided in Subsection (6);
             354          (d) provide tenure or academic rank for its instructors; and
             355          (e) participate in intercollegiate athletics.
             356          (4) The mission of a college campus is limited to non-credit career and technical
             357      education and may not expand to include credit-based academic programs typically offered by
             358      community colleges or other institutions of higher education.
             359          (5) A campus shall be recognized as a college campus of the Utah College of Applied
             360      Technology, and regional affiliation shall be retained and recognized through local
             361      designations such as "Bridgerland Applied Technology College: A Utah College of Applied
             362      Technology Campus."
             363          (6) (a) A college campus may offer career and technical education or basic instruction
             364      outside the geographic area served by the college campus without a cooperative agreement, as
             365      required in Subsection (3)(c), if:
             366          (i) the career and technical education or basic instruction is specifically requested by:
             367          (A) an employer; or
             368          (B) a craft, trade, or apprenticeship program;
             369          (ii) the college campus notifies the affected institution about the request; and
             370          (iii) the affected institution is given an opportunity to make a proposal, prior to any
             371      contract being finalized or training being initiated by the college campus, to the employer,


             372      craft, trade, or apprenticeship program about offering the requested career and technical
             373      education or basic instruction, provided that the proposal shall be presented no later than one
             374      business week from the delivery of the notice described under Subsection (6)(b).
             375          (b) The requirements under Subsection (6)(a)(iii) do not apply if there is a prior
             376      training relationship.
             377          Section 11. Section 53B-16-108 is enacted to read:
             378          53B-16-108. Courses offered through the Statewide Online Education Program.
             379          An institution of higher education listed in Section 53B-2-101 may offer secondary
             380      school level courses or concurrent enrollment courses through the Statewide Online Education
             381      Program created in Title 53A, Chapter 15, Part 12, Statewide Online Education Program Act.  
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