EDUCATION INTERIM COMMITTEE
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 | 1:15 PM | 445 State Capitol

1.    Committee Business

·         Call to order

·         Approval of the minutes of the August 17, 2022 meeting

 

2.    Legislative Audit: Comprehensive Education Audit Capstone

The committee will hear a report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor General staff on report #2022-08, Comprehensive Education Audit Capstone. This report provides an overview of the past seven audits on the public education system, including an overview of all audit recommendations and the status of these recommendations. The Legislative Audit Subcommittee assigned this audit on August 18, 2022.

 

3.    Higher Education: Shared Administrative Services

Legislation enacted during the 2020 General Session merged the state’s technical college and higher education systems into the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE). USHE officials will discuss findings from a study that identified areas for shared services and redundancies following the merger.

 

 

4.    Higher Education: Institutional Program Duplication

Legislation enacted during the 2020 General Session merged the state’s technical college and higher education systems into the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE). USHE officials will review areas of potential program duplication between various institutions and how those duplications can be addressed.

 

 

5.    Higher Education: Statewide Online Courses Initiative

Officials from the Utah System of Higher Education will discuss a potential program that would offer online higher education courses to students statewide through Utah’s institutions of higher education.

 

6.    Higher Education: Presidential Search Process

The committee will hear from Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) officials about the presidential search process for institutions of higher education, including areas for potential legislative changes.

 

7.    Public Education: Local School Boards

The committee will hear a presentation on options for increasing accountability for local school boards.

 

8.    Adjourn