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First Substitute H.B. 7

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TUITION WAIVER AMENDMENTS

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1997 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: John W. Hickman

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


1    applicants for those scholarships, and for reporting the results of the scholarship program
2    authorized by this section.
3        (3) The policy guidelines promulgated by the [State Board of Regents] board under
4    Subsection (2) shall include the following provisions:
5        (a) the amount of the approved scholarship may not be more than 1/2 of the differential
6    tuition charged to nonresident students for an equal number of credit hours of instruction;
7        (b) a nonresident partial tuition scholarship may be awarded initially only to a nonresident
8    undergraduate student who has not previously been enrolled in a college or university in Utah and
9    who has enrolled full time for ten or more credit hours, whose legal domicile is within
10    approximately 100 highway miles of the Utah system of higher education institution at which the
11    recipient wishes to enroll or such distance that the regents may establish for any institution;
12        (c) the total number of nonresident partial tuition scholarships granted may not exceed [50]
13    100 in any one academic year and may not exceed a total of [200] 400 such scholarships in effect
14    at any one time; and
15        (d) the board shall determine eligibility for nonresident partial tuition scholarships [shall
16    be determined by the board] on the basis of program availability at an institution and on a
17    competitive basis, using quantifiable measurements such as grade point averages and results of test
18    scores.
19        (4) [A] The board shall submit an annual report and financial analysis of the effects of
20    offering nonresident partial tuition scholarships authorized under this section [shall be submitted
21    annually] to the Legislature as part of [the] its budget recommendations [of the board] for the
22    system of higher education.
23        Section 2. Effective date.
24        This act takes effect on July 1, 1997.

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