H.B. 15, "Career and Technical Education Amendments," passed during the 2009 General Session renamed Salt Lake Community College's Skills Center to the School of Applied Technology. The School provides short-term, intensive, non-credit, technical training to prepare economically and educationally disadvantaged students with a workforce skill.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $7,481,000 from all sources for School of Applied Technology. This is a 4 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $6,332,800 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 4.2 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:
CTE Membership Hours, Certificates Awarded, Pass Rate on Licensure Exams
Salt Lake Community College's School of Applied Technology counts students' membership hours, the number of certificates awarded, and the pass rate for certificate or licensure exams.
The following laws govern the School of Applied Technology at Salt Lake Community College in addition to the laws previously mentioned in Chapter I:
- UCA 53B-16-209 outlines the roles and mission of the School of Applied 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.