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First Substitute H.B. 75

Representative Loraine T. Pace proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
NONRESIDENT TUITION FOR HIGHER

             2     
EDUCATION AMENDMENTS

             3     
2003 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Sponsor: Loraine T. Pace

             6      This act modifies the State System of Higher Education Code by authorizing the State
             7      Board of Regents to grant nonresident tuition scholarships for certain purposes. This act
             8      provides a repeal date for a new section on July 1, 2009. This act has an immediate
             9      effective date.
             10      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             11      AMENDS:
             12          63-55b-153, as last amended by Chapters 49, 219 and 301, Laws of Utah 2002
             13      ENACTS:
             14          53B-8-104.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             15      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             16          Section 1. Section 53B-8-104.5 is enacted to read:
             17          53B-8-104.5. Nonresident tuition scholarships.
             18          (1) In addition to the scholarships authorized under Section 53B-8-104 , the board may
             19      grant scholarships for a waiver of the nonresident portion of total tuition charged by public
             20      institutions of higher education to nonresident students, subject to the limitations provided in
             21      this section, if the board determines that the scholarships will:
             22          (a) contribute to the quality and desirable cultural diversity of educational programs in
             23      Utah institutions;
             24          (b) assist in maintaining an adequate level of service and related cost-effectiveness of
             25      auxiliary operations in Utah institutions of higher education;



             26          (c) promote enrollment of nonresident students with high academic aptitudes; and
             27          (d) provide for an effective transition to meet the requirements of Section 53B-8-102 .
             28          (2) The board shall establish policy guidelines for the administration by institutions of
             29      higher education of scholarships authorized under Subsection (1), for evaluating applicants for
             30      those scholarships, and for reporting the results of the scholarship program authorized under
             31      Subsection (1).
             32          (3) The policy guidelines promulgated by the board under Subsection (2) shall include
             33      the following provisions:
             34          (a) the amount of the approved scholarship may be up to 100% of the differential
             35      tuition charged to nonresident students for an equal number of credit hours of instruction;
             36          (b) a maximum of one-half of the approved scholarships may be at a level of more than
             37      50% of the differential tuition charged to nonresident students for an equal number of credit
             38      hours of instruction;
             39          (c) a nonresident scholarship may be awarded initially only to a nonresident student
             40      who has not previously been enrolled in a college or university in Utah and who has enrolled
             41      full time for ten or more credit hours;
             42          (d) the total number of nonresident scholarships granted under Subsection (1) may not
             43      exceed a total of 500 such scholarships in effect at any one time;
             44          (e) the board shall determine eligibility for nonresident scholarships on the basis of
             45      program availability at an institution and on a competitive basis, using quantifiable
             46      measurements such as grade point averages and results of test scores; and
             47          (f) a nonresident student who receives a scholarship of greater than 50% of the
             48      differential tuition charged to nonresident students for an equal number of credit hours of
             49      instruction may not be counted against the funded target for the institution attended.
             50          (4) The board shall submit an annual report and financial analysis of the effects of
             51      offering nonresident tuition scholarships authorized under this section to the Legislature as part
             52      of its budget recommendations for the system of higher education.
             53          Section 2. Section 63-55b-153 is amended to read:
             54           63-55b-153. Repeal dates -- Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.
             55          (1) Subsection 53-3-205 (9)(a)(i)(D) is repealed July 1, 2007.
             56          (2) Subsection 53-3-804 (2)(g) is repealed July 1, 2007.


             57          (3) Subsection 53-5-710 (4) pertaining to restrictions at Olympic venue secure areas is
             58      repealed April 1, 2002.
             59          (4) Title 53, Chapter 12, State Olympic Public Safety Command Act, is repealed July
             60      1, 2003.
             61          (5) Section 53-12-301.1 is repealed April 1, 2002.
             62          (6) Section 53A-1-403.5 is repealed July 1, 2007.
             63          (7) Section 53A-3-602 is repealed July 1, 2002.
             64          (8) Section 53B-8-104.5 is repealed July 1, 2009.
             65          Section 3. Effective date.
             66          If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
             67      upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
             68      Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
             69      the date of veto override.


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