Compendium of Budget Information for the 2009 General Session

Higher Education
Appropriations Subcommittee
Subcommittee Table of Contents

Agency: State Board of Regents

Line Item: Jobs Now Initiative

Function

The mission of the Jobs Now Initiative is to provide occupationally specific intensive training for individuals seeking employment by effectively and economically matching their training needs with those of industry. Funds are available by competitive proposal to institutions within the Utah System of Higher Education with a Career and Technical Education role. Two-thirds of the funds are allocated to UCAT for distribution to UCAT campuses as recommended by the UCAT Board of Trustees and one-third to the other USHE institutions. The mission is characterized by the following parameters:

  1. Training programs are to be conducted within Utah's existing higher education system using available facilities and equipment. Programs are to be initiated only after job needs are identified through market assessment with specific employers to verify that jobs are available. Programs must meet regional coordinated assignments and Board of Regents' role assignments.
  2. Training programs are initiated and terminated based on specific job market demands and economic development strategies, with an ongoing review of priorities for programming by the local regional CTE council. In addition, UCAT campuses will also coordinate with their UCAT Board of Trustees.
  3. Training programs are short-term intensive (one year or less) and designed to prepare participants for specific, identified jobs in areas of critical needs and shortages.
  4. Literacy and other basic educational support skills training will be provided as an applied curriculum that relates to job preparation requirements.

Statutory Authority

The following law governs the operation of the Jobs Now Initiative in addition to the previously mentioned laws in Chapter II:

  • 53B-6-106 requires the State Board of Regents to maintain the Jobs Now Economic Development Initiative 'to promote workforce preparation programs that meet critical needs and shortages throughout the state.'

Funding Detail

Sources of Finance
2005
Actual
2006
Actual
2007
Actual
2008
Actual
2009
Approp
Education Fund $0 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Education Fund, One-time $0 $0 $500,000 $0 $0
Beginning Nonlapsing $0 $0 $39,996 $23,100 $0
Closing Nonlapsing $0 ($39,996) ($23,120) $0 $0
Total
$0
$960,004
$1,516,876
$1,023,100
$1,000,000
 
Programs:
2005
Actual
2006
Actual
2007
Actual
2008
Actual
2009
Approp
Jobs Now Initiative $0 $960,004 $1,516,876 $1,023,100 $1,000,000
Total
$0
$960,004
$1,516,876
$1,023,100
$1,000,000
 
Categories of Expenditure
2005
Actual
2006
Actual
2007
Actual
2008
Actual
2009
Approp
Other Charges/Pass Thru $0 $960,004 $1,516,876 $1,023,100 $1,000,000
Total
$0
$960,004
$1,516,876
$1,023,100
$1,000,000
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