H.B. 7 Enrolled

TUITION WAIVER AMENDMENTS
1997 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: John W. Hickman
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; INCREASING THE CEILING ON THE
NUMBER OF NONRESIDENT PARTIAL TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS THAT MAY BE
GRANTED IN AN ACADEMIC YEAR AND THE TOTAL NUMBER IN EFFECT AT
ANY ONE TIME; MAKING CERTAIN TECHNICAL CHANGES; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
53B-8-104, as enacted by Chapter 167, Laws of Utah 1987
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 53B-8-104 is amended to read:
53B-8-104. Nonresident partial tuition scholarships.
(1) The board may grant a scholarship for partial waiver of the nonresident portion of total
tuition charged by public institutions of higher education to nonresident undergraduate students,
subject to the limitations provided in this section, if the board determines that the scholarship will:
(a) promote mutually beneficial cooperation between Utah communities and nearby
communities in states adjacent to Utah;
(b) contribute to the quality and desirable cultural diversity of educational programs in
Utah institutions;
(c) assist in maintaining an adequate level of service and related cost-effectiveness of
auxiliary operations in Utah institutions of higher education; and
(d) promote enrollment of nonresident students with high academic aptitudes.
(2) The board shall establish policy guidelines for the administration by [Utah] institutions
of higher education of any partial tuition scholarships authorized under this section, for evaluating
applicants for those scholarships, and for reporting the results of the scholarship program
authorized by this section.

(3) The policy guidelines promulgated by the [State Board of Regents] board under
Subsection (2) shall include the following provisions:
(a) the amount of the approved scholarship may not be more than 1/2 of the differential
tuition charged to nonresident students for an equal number of credit hours of instruction;
(b) a nonresident partial tuition scholarship may be awarded initially only to a nonresident
undergraduate student who has not previously been enrolled in a college or university in Utah and
who has enrolled full time for ten or more credit hours, whose legal domicile is within approximately
100 highway miles of the Utah system of higher education institution at which the recipient wishes
to enroll or such distance that the regents may establish for any institution;
(c) the total number of nonresident partial tuition scholarships granted may not exceed [50
in any one academic year and may not exceed] a total of [200] 400 such scholarships in effect at any
one time; and
(d) the board shall determine eligibility for nonresident partial tuition scholarships [shall be
determined by the board] on the basis of program availability at an institution and on a competitive
basis, using quantifiable measurements such as grade point averages and results of test scores.
(4) [A] The board shall submit an annual report and financial analysis of the effects of
offering nonresident partial tuition scholarships authorized under this section [shall be submitted
annually] to the Legislature as part of [the] its budget recommendations [of the board] for the system
of higher education.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act takes effect on July 1, 1997.

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