H.B. 166

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JOINT LIAISON COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
2 1997 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Beverly Ann Evans
5 Gerry A. Adair
6 Sheryl L. Allen
7 Ron Bigelow
8 Judy Ann Buffmire
9 Marda Dillree
10 Lloyd W. Frandsen
Kevin S. Garn
J. Brent Haymond
Neal B. Hendrickson
Keele Johnson
Susan J. Koehn
Patricia B. Larson
Nora B. Stephens
Jordan Tanner
A. Lamont Tyler
Bill Wright

11 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION; EXPANDING THE DUTIES OF THE JOINT
12 LIAISON COMMITTEE; EXPANDING THE CONTENT OF THE COMMITTEE'S
13 ANNUAL REPORT TO INCLUDE ISSUES ON TEACHER INSERVICE AND
14 PRESERVICE PROGRAMS; ALLOWING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AD HOC
15 TASK FORCES; MODIFYING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT LIAISON APPLIED
16 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AND PROVIDING AN
17 EFFECTIVE DATE.
18 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
19 AMENDS:
20 53A-1-501, as last amended by Chapter 116, Laws of Utah 1995
21 53A-1-502 (Effective 07/01/97), as last amended by Chapter 240, Laws of Utah 1996
22 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23 Section 1. Section 53A-1-501 is amended to read:
24 53A-1-501. Membership -- Duties -- Advisory decisions -- Annual report.
25 (1) (a) There is established within the state's educational system a joint liaison committee.
26 (b) The committee [shall consist] consists of the following:
27 (i) three [members shall be] State Board of Education members appointed by the board
28 [from members who serve on the board's applied technology committee or have other applied

1 technology education assignments];
2 (ii) three [members shall be] State Board of Regents members appointed by the regents
3 [from members who serve on the regent's applied technology committee or have other applied
4 technology education assignments];
5 (iii) four members representing business and industry appointed by the governor from
6 nomination lists submitted by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
7 Representatives;
8 (iv) the state superintendent of public instruction; and
9 (v) the state commissioner of higher education.
10 (c) A majority of the committee is a quorum for the transaction of business.
11 (d) (i) The four members representing business and industry shall serve without
12 compensation.
13 (ii) The governor shall appoint each of these four members to serve two-year terms and
14 may reappoint them to serve consecutive terms consistent with Subsection (1)(b)(iii)
15 (e) (i) The committee shall appoint a staff person to assist the committee and establish the
16 person's duties and compensation.
17 (ii) The staff person shall be officed at the State Office of Education and the costs
18 associated with this position handled within the existing budgets of the State Board of Education
19 and the State Board of Regents on an equal basis.
20 (2) The committee shall meet on a regular basis, at least bimonthly, and has the following
21 duties:
22 (a) to review and recommend the resolution of educational policy issues of mutual concern
23 to both boards, including such issues as the coordination of teacher education programs, concurrent
24 enrollment, advanced placement, the transition of students from high school to postsecondary
25 institutions, a tracking system that would allow the sharing of performance levels achieved by
26 graduates from both systems, the funding of public and higher education, and the transition of
27 students from school to work;
28 (b) to coordinate and facilitate the appropriate governance and administration of applied
29 technology education programs within the state's educational system;
30 (c) to assist in the effective correlation and articulation of educational programs under the
31 jurisdiction of the boards; [and]

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1 (d) to promote the implementation of policies and practices designed to achieve enhanced
2 educational effectiveness and productivity at all levels of instruction, consistent with the
3 maintenance of educational quality[.]; and
4 (e) to review any proposed change in one system that impacts the other and develop a
5 process for communicating the proposed change to the other system for its input prior to
6 implementing the change.
7 (3) (a) Decisions of the committee are advisory and are not binding on either the State
8 Board of Education or the State Board of Regents unless the decisions are ratified by both boards.
9 (b) Any proposal for a change in governance or administrative procedures for state or
10 regional applied technology education programs that affects both public and higher education shall
11 be considered and approved by the committee prior to being considered for ratification by either
12 board.
13 (4) Nothing in this part impairs or limits the authority of either board to take action within
14 the scope of its jurisdiction as established by the constitution or other statutory provisions.
15 (5) (a) The committee shall make an annual report on its activities to the Education Interim
16 Committee and the Task Force on Strategic Planning for Public and Higher Education prior to each
17 General Session of the Legislature.
18 (b) The report shall include a detailed accounting on issues related to:
19 (i) the committee's applied technology education duties under this part and
20 recommendations received from the advisory committee and any ad hoc task force established
21 under Section 53A-1-502 as well as the committee's response to applied technology action plans
22 proposed by the Task Force on Strategic Planning for Public and Higher Education[.]; and
23 (ii) the committee's review of and recommendations on teacher preservice and inservice
24 issues.
25 (6) The joint liaison committee may establish ad hoc task forces to assist it in carrying out
26 its duties under this section.
27 Section 2. Section 53A-1-502 (Effective 07/01/97) is amended to read:
28 53A-1-502 (Effective 07/01/97). Advisory committee -- Duties -- Task forces.
29 (1) (a) There is established the Joint Liaison Applied Technology Education Advisory
30 Committee, hereafter referred to as the advisory committee.
31 (b) The advisory committee shall consist of the following:

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1 (i) two members from the State Board of Education and two members from the State
2 Board of Regents who serve on the joint liaison committee established under Section 53A-1-501
3 and who have been given applied technology education assignments by their respective boards,
4 appointed to the advisory committee by the joint liaison committee;
5 (ii) one staff member from the State Board of Education and one staff member from the
6 State Board of Regents appointed by their respective boards;
7 (iii) one member from the Department of [Community and Economic Development]
8 Workforce Services selected by the director of the department; and
9 [(iv) one member from the Division of Employment Development selected by the director
10 of the division;]
11 [(v) one representative from the State Council on Vocational and Applied Technology
12 Education selected by the council; and]
13 [(vi)] (iv) four members from four different counties within the state representing business
14 and industry selected by at least a majority of the other members of the advisory committee.
15 (c) The [staff] members appointed under Subsection (1)(b)[(ii)](iv) [are nonvoting
16 members and not counted as members for the purpose of a quorum under Subsection (2)(b)] shall
17 serve two-year terms and may be reappointed to consecutive terms.
18 (2) (a) The advisory committee shall meet at least monthly.
19 (b) A majority of the advisory committee is a quorum for the transaction of business.
20 (3) The advisory committee shall advise and make recommendations to the joint liaison
21 committee on applied technology education issues, including:
22 (a) the development and implementation of a system of common definitions for measuring
23 the effectiveness of systemwide applied technology education programs, which shall include
24 definitions for secondary and adult enrollments, placement, and tracking criterion;
25 (b) the creation, expansion, and sharing of all secondary, applied technology center,
26 college, and university applied technology education offerings, facilities, and programs, focused
27 on supporting a seamless education system and ensuring that the unnecessary duplication of
28 applied technology education services does not occur;
29 (c) budgetary requests for secondary, applied technology center, college, and university
30 applied technology education programs and their presentation to the Legislature in a coordinated,
31 systemwide manner;

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1 (d) the development and implementation of articulation agreements between high schools,
2 applied technology centers, colleges, and universities, which will allow colleges and universities
3 to award credit based on proficiency levels obtained by students in high school and noncredit
4 applied technology center programs;
5 (e) the systemwide marketing of high school, applied technology center, college, and
6 university applied technology education facilities, programs, and course offerings; and
7 (f) the development and implementation of an educational technology infrastructure and
8 delivery systems to expand applied technology education offerings throughout the statewide
9 applied technology education system.
10 (4) The joint liaison committee shall review and either approve, modify and approve, or
11 disapprove recommendations made by the advisory committee for ratification by the State Board
12 of Education and State Board of Regents.
13 (5) The joint liaison committee may establish ad hoc task forces to assist the advisory
14 committee [or the joint liaison committee] in carrying out [their] its duties under this [part] section.
15 Section 3. Effective date.
16 This act takes effect on July 1, 1997.




Legislative Review Note
as of 11-20-96 3:25 PM

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

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

Committee Note

The Education Interim Committee recommended this bill.

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