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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:
18 None
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 administration, scholarships, and other 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.