Second Substitute S.B. 80

Senator R. Mont Evans proposes to substitute the following bill:

1 HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY
2 1999 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: R. Mont Evans
5 AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; PROVIDING THAT FULL-TIME FACULTY
6 AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS SHALL RECEIVE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT
7 FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CLASSES TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN
8 ADMITTED; PROVIDING A $27,000 APPROPRIATION FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT
9 PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
11 ENACTS:
12 53B-8-105, Utah Code Annotated 1953
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 53B-8-105 is enacted to read:
15 53B-8-105. Tuition reimbursement for full-time faculty.
16 (1) A full-time faculty member at a state institution of higher education who enrolls in a
17 graduate level class at any university within the state system of higher education shall receive
18 reimbursement from the board for one-half of the tuition paid for the class, if:
19 (a) the class is in a graduate program to which the faculty member has been admitted by
20 the university; and
21 (b) the faculty member's employing institution verifies that the program and the class are
22 appropriate professional development for the faculty member.
23 (2) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
24 board shall adopt rules regarding the application process by which faculty members shall receive
25 tuition reimbursement under this section.

26 Section 2. Appropriation.
27 Except as provided in H.B. 4, Appropriations Coordination Act, there is appropriated from
28 the General Fund for fiscal year 1999-2000, $27,000 to the State Board of Regents for the tuition
29 reimbursement program established under Section 53B-8-105 .
30 Section 3. Effective date.
31 This act takes effect on July 1, 1999.