| Members Present: Sen. Keith Grover, Senate Chair Rep. Melissa G. Ballard, House Chair Rep. Rex P. Shipp, House Vice Chair Sen. David P. Hinkins Sen. Michael K. McKell Sen. Ann Millner Sen. Kathleen A. Riebe Sen. Jerry W. Stevenson Sen. Evan J. Vickers Sen. Chris H. Wilson Rep. Jon Hawkins Rep. Quinn Kotter | Sen. Karen Kwan Rep. Michael J. Petersen Rep. Mark A. Strong Rep. Douglas R. Welton Rep. Mark A. Wheatley Members Absent: Rep. Walt Brooks Staff Present: Ben Leishman, Finance Manager Kimberly D. Madsen, Financial Analyst Karen C. Allred, Committee Secretary |
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Note: A copy of related materials and an audio recording of the meeting can be found at www.le.utah.gov.
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| 1.Call to Order |
| Chair Ballard called the meeting to order at 8:10 a.m. |
| 2.Simplified Admissions |
| Chair Ballard expressed her excitement for the Simplified Admissions. |
| Dave Woolstenhulme, Commissioner of Higher Education, introduced the Simplified Admissions Program, and introduced Scott Theurer and Melanie Heath. |
| Scott Theurer, Board Member, Utah System of Higher Education (USHE), publicly recognized other board members, and further introduced the Simplified Admissions process for the 16 institutions of higher education. |
| Melanie Heath, Associate Commissioner for Student Affairs and Access, Commissioner's Office, gave a presentation about Simplified Admissions, what has already been done, and what will be next for Simplified Admissions. |
| 2-Simplified Admissions |
| Sen. Kwan made a comment on how citizens of color is defined and to consider groups that may not be officially on the list. |
| Sen. Reibe commented on the ease and difficulty of the application, and asked them to elaborate on how this will happen on future presentations. |
| Chair Ballard asked for clarification on the application process, with a response from Melanie Heath. Chair Ballard also requested that the application can apply to freshman even if its not right out of high school, and simplify the financial aid application portion of the application, especially for those not eligible. |
| 3.Weber State University |
| Chair Ballard asked USHE members, present at this meeting, to stand, and expressed appreciation for their hard work and told subcommittee members of a staff handout of questions for their benefit. |
| President Brad Mortensen Weber State University (WSU) introduced Gary Duran, Government Relations Liason, and Orlando Cota, a student at WSU, and gave a presentation on the dual mission of WSU, enrollment history-headcount, goals, environmental sustainability, a report of the 2022 appropriations, and appropriation requests, and the highlights at WSU. President Mortensen introduced Orlando Cota, a student at Weber State, to present his success story. |
| Orlando Cota, spoke of his journey through technical college towards graduation with a bachelor's degree at WSU this year. |
| President Mortensen thanked Orlando for his example and for demonstrating the pathways WSU has in place. |
| Sen. Millner asked what is being heard about needs in the workforce in the area, with a response from President Mortensen. |
| President Mortensen continued the presentation with highlights at Weber State University. |
| Sen. Kwan asked about concurrent enrollment and the ethnic studies curriculum, with a response from President Mortensen. Sen. Kwan also asked about the re-engagement scholarship and President Mortensen responded. |
| Sen. Reibe expressed appreciation to Orlando for the impact on many people because of being a first generation graduate, and commented on the amazing job of WSU. Sen. Reiebe asked about accurately reflecting completion rates, with a response from President Mortensen. |
| Chair Ballard commented on transfer students and expressed congratulations to Orlando. Chair Ballard also told the subcommittee that a list of the appropriations on every institution can be found online under COBI. |
| President Darin Brush, Davis Technical College (DTC), expressed appreciation to the board, and gave a presentation on enrollment history-headcount at DTC, attainment goal metrics, graduation rate, a report on the 2022 appropriations, and requests for new funding, and what would be done with that funding. President Brush announced a dual enrollment program between DTC and Weber. |
| 4.Davis Technical College |
| Chair Ballard asked how tuition is figured out between the dual school programs, with a response from President Brush. |
| President Brush continued the presentation on what is going on at the high schools, an explanation of an education partnership at the State Prison, the successes and practices at the DTC, and environmental sustainability. |
| Chair Ballard commented on how exciting to hear about the conservation, efficiencies and best practices, opportunities and challenges. |
| Rep. Wheatly asked about challenges in the partnership with the correction facilities, with a response from President Brush and Chair Ballard. |
| Sen Millner asked about first certificate programs with the high schools and for a copy of this information, with a response from President Brush |
| Chair Ballard thanked Sen. Millner for all her years of effort for stackable credentials, articulations, and providing access. |
| 5.Ogden-Weber Technical College |
| President James R. Taggart, Ogden-Weber Technical (OTC), with President Mortensen and President Brush assisting, who sit on a lot of economic and workforce development committees together. President Taggart gave a presentation on the Ogden-Weber Technical College (OTC) and the dual enrollment program. President Mortensen further spoke of the dual program with Davis Technical College, Ogden/Weber Tech, and Weber State University. |
| President Taggart gave follow-up comments, and introduced Maria Milligan, Associate Vice President for College Advancement. President Taggart gave a presentation on enrollment history-headcount, statewide attainment goal metrics, environmental sustainability, a report on last year's appropriation, requests for new funding, successes and best practices, opportunities and improvements, and the challenges at the OTC. President Taggart concluded with a success story at the OTC/high school partnership in the welding program. |
| Chair Ballard commented on the OTC success story. |
| Sen. Millner requested information on what is articulated and what is not, with a response from President Taggart. |
| Chair Ballard requested for them to work with USHE on old infrastructure and what can be done to invest in the future. |
| 6.Talent Ready Utah |
| Dave Woolstenhulme, asked two students board members, Xitlalli Villanveva and Koranne Gibson, Student Board members, USHE, to introduce themselves. |
| Dave Woolstenhulme introduced Talent Ready Utah, which connects the institution to the work force. |
| Vic Hockett, introduced the Talent Ready Utah, his background, and explained that the presentation will be about how Talent Ready Utah was formed, what is currently being worked on, and where the team is going with Talent Ready Utah. Vic Hockett asked Sen. Millner to explain the beginnings. |
| Sen. Millner discussed that Talent Ready Utah was formed to connect industry, education, and the public systems together to align to meet workforce needs. It is currently under the Governor's Economic Opportunity Commission. |
| Vic Hockett explained that Talent Ready Utah exists to hear the voice of industry and to partner with them to expand and create programs that are needed by employers. Vic Hockett explained the Talent Ready Utah story, and the Talent Ready Utah programs. |
| 6-Talent Ready Utah |
| Rachelle Ackely, Program Manager of K-12 Initiatives, Talent Ready Utah, spoke about the pathways program, which is an employer-led work-based learning program. |
| Peter Reed, Program Manager of Higher Education Initiatives, Talent Ready Utah, explained the program Utah Works, an industry driven early employment and pre-employment training program. Peter Reed also discussed the Talent Ready Connections program, which is an expansion of innovative work-based learning and apprenticeship program. The Learn & Work program, and the Healthcare Workforce Initiative program, and the Deep Tech Initiative program, were also explained. |
| Danette Pulley, Vice President of Community Growth, MarketStar, spoke about the MarketStar program, which is a Utah founded company which has grown to be a global leader for business-to-business sales. Talent Ready Utah has played a critical role by creating a Tech Sales Pathway as a work-based learning opportunity, and a Certified Tech Sales Professional Program, which was explained by Danette Pulley. |
| Vic Hockett gave comments about how these variety of education partnership brings education to rural Utah and expressed appreciation for the collaboration of private sector leaders and the execution of these initiatives by the institutions in these programs. Vic Hockett spoke of appropriation requests, and for some RFA programs and some federal initiatives. |
| Sen. Millnar gave closing remarks about the collaboration of industry, education and government aligning with the workforce needs, and the need to be creative in making that happen. |
| Rep. Kotter read from the constitution concerning the Talent Ready Utah Story and the private industry involvement, and asked for an opinion. Vic Hockett responded that industry and education partners collaborate for the betterment of students. Rep. Kotter said that these needs should come from the community. Vic Hockett said that he would connect off-line and discuss this further. |
| Chair Ballard asked Sen. Millner to comment. |
| Sen. Millner responded that the idea came from Boeing, but there has been, and needs to have, a public and private industry partnership. Rep. Kotter responded that if students are interested in a program, they should start it themselves. |
| Rep. Kotter also commented on federal funds and proper jurisdiction of government questions that are not being asked, and commented that the money the government is spending is coming from hard-working people. Chair Ballard responded with comments on the role of USHE collaborating with industry. |
| Chair Ballard asked USHE about aligning with educator needs. Vic Hockett responded. |
| Rep. Kotter expressed that proper government jurisdiction would help with funding, with a response from Chair Ballard. |
| 7.Requests for Appropriations |
| This agenda item was not discussed. |
| 8.Other Business |
| There was no other business. |
| 9.Adjourn |
| MOTION:Senate Chair Grover moved to adjourn.The motion passed with a vote of 6-0-12. | |||
| Yeas - 6 | Nays- 0 | Abs- 12 | |
| Rep. M. Ballard Sen. K. Grover Rep. Q. Kotter Rep. M. Petersen Rep. M. Strong Rep. D. Welton | Rep. W. Brooks Rep. J. Hawkins Sen. D. Hinkins Sen. K. Kwan Sen. M. McKell Sen. A. Millner Sen. K. Riebe Rep. R. Shipp Sen. J. Stevenson Sen. E. Vickers Rep. M. Wheatley Sen. C. Wilson |
| House Chair Ballard adjourned the meeting at 10:54 a.m. |