H.B. 7

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TUITION WAIVER AMENDMENTS
2 1997 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: John W. Hickman
5 AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; MODIFYING THE CEILING ON THE
6 PARTIAL WAIVER OF THE NONRESIDENT PORTION OF TOTAL TUITION IN
7 GRANTING NONRESIDENT PARTIAL TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS; EXPANDING
8 GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS; REMOVING
9 CAPS ON THE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS; MAKING CERTAIN TECHNICAL
10 CHANGES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
12 AMENDS:
13 53B-8-104, as enacted by Chapter 167, Laws of Utah 1987
14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
15 Section 1. Section 53B-8-104 is amended to read:
16 53B-8-104. Nonresident partial tuition scholarships.
17 (1) The board may grant a scholarship for partial waiver of the nonresident portion of total
18 tuition charged by public institutions of higher education to nonresident undergraduate students,
19 subject to the limitations provided in this section, if the board determines that the scholarship will:
20 (a) promote mutually beneficial cooperation between Utah communities and nearby
21 communities in states adjacent to Utah;
22 (b) contribute to the quality and desirable cultural diversity of educational programs in
23 Utah institutions;
24 (c) assist in maintaining an adequate level of service and related cost-effectiveness of
25 auxiliary operations in Utah institutions of higher education; and
26 (d) promote enrollment of nonresident students with high academic aptitudes.
27 (2) The board shall establish policy guidelines for the administration by [Utah] institutions

1 of higher education of any partial tuition scholarships authorized under this section, for evaluating
2 applicants for those scholarships, and for reporting the results of the scholarship program
3 authorized by this section.
4 (3) The policy guidelines promulgated by the [State Board of Regents] board under
5 Subsection (2) shall include the following provisions:
6 (a) the amount of the approved scholarship may not be more than [1/2 of the differential
7 tuition charged to nonresident] what is required to reduce the nonresidential tuition to 125% of the
8 cost charged to resident students for an equal number of credit hours of instruction;
9 (b) a nonresident partial tuition scholarship may be awarded initially only to a nonresident
10 undergraduate student who has not previously been enrolled in a college or university in Utah and
11 who has enrolled full time for ten or more credit hours, whose legal domicile is within
12 approximately [100 highway] 150 air miles of the [Utah system of higher education institution at
13 which the recipient wishes to enroll or such distance that the regents may establish for any
14 institution] state border; and
15 [(c) the total number of nonresident partial tuition scholarships granted may not exceed
16 50 in any one academic year and may not exceed a total of 200 such scholarships in effect at any
17 one time; and]
18 [(d)] (c) the board shall determine eligibility for nonresident partial tuition scholarships
19 [shall be determined by the board] on the basis of program availability at an institution and on a
20 competitive basis, using quantifiable measurements such as grade point averages and results of test
21 scores.
22 (4) [A] The board shall submit an annual report and financial analysis of the effects of
23 offering nonresident partial tuition scholarships authorized under this section [shall be submitted
24 annually] to the Legislature as part of [the] its budget recommendations [of the board for the
25 system of higher education].
26 Section 2. Effective date.
27 This act takes effect on July 1, 1997.


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Legislative Review Note
as of 11-12-96 8:54 AM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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