S.B. 105 Enrolled

UTAH CENTENNIAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
FOR EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENT
1998 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: LeRay McAllister
AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; EXPANDING THE UTAH CENTENNIAL
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION ACT, WHICH PROVIDES FINANCIAL
AID TO STUDENTS, TO INCLUDE UTAH STUDENTS ATTENDING A UTAH PRIVATE
NONPROFIT INSTITUTION ACCREDITED BY A REGIONAL ACCREDITING
ORGANIZATION; PROVIDING A $125,000 APPROPRIATION FOR EXPANSION OF THE
PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
53B-13a-102, as enacted by Chapter 302, Laws of Utah 1996
53B-13a-105, as enacted by Chapter 302, Laws of Utah 1996
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 53B-13a-102 is amended to read:
53B-13a-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Cost of attendance"means the total of costs payable to the institution, plus other direct
educational expenses and transportation and living expenses while attending the institution, set
forth in institutional cost-of-attendance budgets which meet criteria established by board rules.
(2) "Eligible student" means a financially needy undergraduate student who is
unconditionally admitted and enrolled at a Utah public postsecondary institution or a Utah private
nonprofit postsecondary institution which [participated in the state Student Incentive Grant
Program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995,] is accredited by a regional accrediting
organization recognized by the board on at least a half-time basis, as defined by the board, in an
eligible postsecondary program leading to a defined education or training objective as defined by
the board, and who is a resident student under Section 53B-8-102 and rules of the board.

(3) "Financial aid" means grants or work-study stipends to financially needy students
enrolled or accepted for enrollment at a Utah public postsecondary institution.
(4) "Financially needy student" means a post high school student at a Utah public
postsecondary institution who demonstrates, on the basis of criteria established by the board, the
financial inability, either through the student's parents or family, or personally, to meet all or a
portion of the total cost of attendance at the institution for any period of attendance as defined by the
board.
(5) "Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year of the state.
(6) "Program" means the Utah Centennial Opportunity Program for Education.
(7) "Utah public postsecondary institution" or "institution" means:
(a) an institution of higher education listed in Subsection 53B-1-102(1); and
(b) any applied technology center operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state
which provides postsecondary education and training.
Section 2. Section 53B-13a-105 is amended to read:
53B-13a-105. Appropriation -- Disbursal of financial aid -- Additional resources.
(1) (a) There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year [1996-97, $450,000]
1998-99, $125,000 to the State Board of Regents to [establish] expand the student financial aid
program authorized under this chapter to eligible students admitted and enrolled at a Utah private
nonprofit postsecondary institution under Subsection 53B-13a-102(2).
(b) [The board may add to this amount any amount included in the regular Student Financial
Aid line item appropriation to the board which is not required to be used for matching of federal
allocations to institutions of the Utah System of Higher Education for campus-based student
financial aid programs, or the board for the State Student Incentive Grant Program, under Title IV
of the United States Higher Education Act.] The appropriation under Subsection (1)(a) is to
supplement the line item appropriation made in the appropriations act for funding of the program.
(2) The board shall allocate the monies available under the program to each eligible
institution in the same proportion as the amount of Pell Grant monies received by the institution for
resident under graduate students during the most recently completed fiscal year that Pell Grants were

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given bears to the total Pell Grant monies received by all eligible institutions for resident under
graduate students during that same year.
(3) The board may accept grants, gifts, bequests, and devises of real and personal property
from any source for the purpose of granting student financial aid in addition to that funded by the
state.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.

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