This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 10:45 AM by lpoole.
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ACCEPTANCE OF COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION

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2019 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Ann Millner

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House Sponsor: Jefferson Moss

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends provisions related to requirements on institutions of higher education
10     regarding recognizing and accepting completion of competency-based education
11     programs.
12     Highlighted Provisions:
13          This bill:
14          ▸     amends provisions related to requirements on institutions of higher education
15     regarding recognizing and accepting completion of competency-based education
16     programs.
17     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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19     Other Special Clauses:
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21     Utah Code Sections Affected:
22     AMENDS:
23          53F-5-507, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 2
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25     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26          Section 1. Section 53F-5-507 is amended to read:
27          53F-5-507. Cooperation of institutions of higher education -- Transferring
28     students not to be penalized.
29          (1) An institution of higher education:
30          (a) shall, for purposes of Ŝ→ [administration] admission ←Ŝ , scholarships, and other
30a     financial aid
31     consideration, recognize and accept on equal footing as a traditional high school diploma a
32     high school diploma awarded to a student who successfully completes an educational program
33     that uses, in whole or in part, competency-based education; and
34          (b) cooperate with an LEA:
35          (i) as applicable, to facilitate the advancement of a student who attends a
36     competency-based education program; and
37          (ii) as requested, in the development of an LEA plan or program under this part.
38          (2) If a student attending an LEA that establishes competency-based education within
39     the LEA transfers to another school within the LEA or to another LEA entirely that does not
40     have a competency-based education program, the student may not be penalized by being
41     required to repeat course work that the student has successfully completed, changing the
42     student's grade, or receive any other penalty related to the student's previous attendance in the
43     competency-based education program.