53B-2a-106. College campuses -- Duties.
(1) Each Utah College of Applied Technology college campus shall:
(a) offer a post-secondary and extra-secondary applied technology education curriculum;
(b) offer that curriculum at:
(i) market cost to adult students, as approved by the board of trustees and the State Board
of Regents; and
(ii) no tuition to secondary students within the campus' jurisdiction;
(c) provide applied technology education that will result in:
(i) appropriate licensing, certification, or other evidence of completion of training; and
(ii) qualification for specific employment, with an emphasis on high demand, high wage
jobs in business and industry;
(d) offer associate of applied technology degrees that have:
(i) instruction provided in an open-entry, open-exit environment, except as required by
external entities; and
(ii) been reviewed by the board of trustees and approved by the State Board of Regents in
accordance with Section 53B-1-103;
(e) develop cooperative agreements with local school districts, other higher education
institutions, businesses, industries, and community and private agencies to maximize the
availability of instructional facilities; and
(f) after consulting with local school districts within the geographic area served by the
college campus:
(i) ensure that secondary students in the public education system have access to applied
technology education at each college campus; and
(ii) prepare and submit an annual report to the Utah College of Applied Technology
detailing:
(A) how the applied technology education needs of secondary students within the region
are being met;
(B) what access secondary students within the region have to programs offered at college
campuses; and
(C) how the emphasis on high demand, high wage jobs in business and industry
described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii) is being provided.
(2) A college campus may offer a competency-based high school diploma approved by
the State Board of Education in accordance with Section 53A-1-402.
(3) A college campus may not:
(a) offer courses other than applied technology education and preparatory instruction in
areas such as reading and mathematics that are necessary for student success in a chosen applied
technology education or job-related program;
(b) offer a degree other than an associate of applied technology degree approved by the
State Board of Regents in accordance with Section 53B-1-103;
(c) provide tenure or academic rank for its instructors; and
(d) participate in intercollegiate athletics.
(4) (a) The mission of a college campus is limited to applied technology education and
may not expand to include credit-based academic programs typically offered by community
colleges or other institutions of higher education.
(b) A college campus may not offer a noncredit academic program that is offered as a
noncredit program by another higher education institution that is located in the same service
region unless the program has received approval through the regional planning process required
by the State Board of Regents.
(c) If a program is approved to be offered at more than one institution of higher
education through the regional planning process required by the State Board of Regents, the
institutions within that region shall agree to a uniform tuition for that program and submit the
proposed tuition level to the State Board of Regents for approval.
(5) Each campus shall be recognized as a college campus of the Utah College of Applied
Technology, and regional affiliation shall be retained and recognized through local designations
such as "Bridgerland Applied Technology College: A Utah College of Applied Technology
Campus."
Amended by Chapter 259, 2007 General Session
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