H.B. 514, Public and Higher Education Technology Amendments, from the 2012 General Session directed the State Board of Education, Salt Lake Community College, and the Utah College of Applied Technology to provide for an educational program on the use of information technology. The Microsoft IT Academy and Microsoft Office Specialists (MOS) certifications are resources that were purchased by USOE as a sole purpose license to fulfill the purpose of the bill.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $510,000 from all sources for IT Academy. This is a 70 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $510,000 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 70 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
UCA 53A-13-111: Requires the State Board of Education to provide for an educational program on the use of information technology.
UCA 53B-2a-114: Requires the Utah College of Applied Technology to offer an educational program on the use of information technology.
UCA 53B-16-211: Requires the Salt Lake Community College to offer an educational program on the use of information technology.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.