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HIGHER EDUCATION PERFORMANCE FUNDING GOALS

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2022 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Ann Millner

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House Sponsor: V. Lowry Snow

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7     LONG TITLE
8     Committee Note:
9          The Education Interim Committee recommended this bill.
10               Legislative Vote:     19 voting for     0 voting against     1 absent
11     General Description:
12          This bill codifies five-year performance goals for the Utah System of Higher Education
13     and each institution of higher education.
14     Highlighted Provisions:
15          This bill:
16          ▸     codifies five-year performance goals set by the Utah Board of Higher Education for
17     the Utah System of Higher Education and each institution of higher education;
18          ▸     provides a repeal date requiring committee review for provisions codifying the
19     five-year goals; and
20          ▸     defines terms.
21     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
22          None
23     Other Special Clauses:
24          None
25     Utah Code Sections Affected:
26     AMENDS:
27          63I-1-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapters 14, 64, 106, 233, and 307
28     ENACTS:
29          53B-7-709, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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31     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
32          Section 1. Section 53B-7-709 is enacted to read:
33          53B-7-709. Five-year performance goals.
34          (1) As used in this section:
35          (a) "Access metric" means the metric described in Subsection 53B-7-706(2)(a)(ii)(A).
36          (b) "Award" means a degree or certificate that an institution grants.
37          (c) "Cohort" means a group of students, defined by the year in which the group enrolls
38     in an institution.
39          (d) "Five-year performance period" means the five-year period beginning on July 1,
40     2022, and ending on June 30, 2027.
41          (e) "High-yield award" means the same as that term is defined in board policy under
42     Subsection 53B-7-706(2)(c).
43          (f) "High-yield awards metric" means the metric described in Subsection
44     53B-7-706(2)(a)(ii)(C).
45          (g) "Institution" means an institution of higher education described in Section
46     53B-1-102.
47          (h) "Standard completion time" means the time in which a student typically completes
48     an award program.
49          (i) "System" means the Utah System of Higher Education.
50          (j) "Timely completion metric" means the metric described in Subsection
51     53B-7-706(2)(a)(ii)(B).
52          (2) The goals established by the board in accordance with Subsection
53     53B-7-706(1)(a)(ii) for the Utah System of Higher Education for the five-year performance
54     period are:
55          (a) for the access metric, to increase the percent of Utah high school graduates
56     participating in the system by 3.0%;
57          (b) for the timely completion metric, to increase the system percentage of a cohort that
58     completes an award in up to and including 1.5 times the standard completion time by 3.0%;
59     and
60          (c) for the high-yield awards metric, to increase the system percentage of high-yield
61     awards by 3.0%.
62          (3) In order to meet the system goals described in Subsection (2), the goals for each
63     institution for the five-year performance period are:
64          (a) for the access metric, to increase the institution's share of Utah high school
65     graduates participating in the system by a percentage that the board determines;
66          (b) for the timely completion metric, to increase the percent of a cohort enrolled at the
67     institution that completes an award in up to and including 1.5 times the standard completion
68     time or sooner by a percentage that the board determines; and
69          (c) for the high-yield awards metric, to increase the percent of high-yield awards the
70     institution grants by a percentage that the board determines.
71          Section 2. Section 63I-1-253 is amended to read:
72          63I-1-253. Repeal dates, Titles 53 through 53G.
73          (1) Section 53-2a-105, which creates the Emergency Management Administration
74     Council, is repealed July 1, 2022.
75          (2) Sections 53-2a-1103 and 53-2a-1104, which create the Search and Rescue Advisory
76     Board, are repealed July 1, 2022.
77          (3) Section 53-5-703, which creates the Concealed Firearm Review Board, is repealed
78     July 1, 2023.
79          (4) Subsection 53-6-203(1)(b)(ii), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is
80     repealed July 1, 2027.
81          (5) Subsection 53-13-104(6)(a), regarding being 19 years old at certification, is
82     repealed July 1, 2027.
83          (6) Section 53B-6-105.5, which creates the Technology Initiative Advisory Board, is
84     repealed July 1, 2024.
85          (7) Section 53B-7-709, regarding five-year performance goals for the Utah System of
86     Higher Education, is repealed July 1, 2027.
87          [(7)] (8) Title 53B, Chapter 17, Part 11, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1, 2028.
88          [(8)] (9) Section 53B-17-1203, which creates the SafeUT and School Safety
89     Commission, is repealed January 1, 2025.
90          [(9)] (10) Title 53B, Chapter 18, Part 16, USTAR Researchers, is repealed July 1,
91     2028.
92          [(10)] (11) Title 53B, Chapter 24, Part 4, Rural Residency Training Program, is
93     repealed July 1, 2025.
94          [(11)] (12) Subsection 53C-3-203(4)(b)(vii), which provides for the distribution of
95     money from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the Geological Survey for test wells
96     and other hydrologic studies in the West Desert, is repealed July 1, 2030.
97          (13) Subsections 53E-3-503(5) and (6), which create coordinating councils for youth in
98     custody, are repealed July 1, 2027.
99          [(12)] (14) Section 53E-3-515 is repealed January 1, 2023.
100          [(13)] (15) In relation to a standards review committee, on January 1, 2023:
101          (a) in Subsection 53E-4-202(8), the language "by a standards review committee and the
102     recommendations of a standards review committee established under Section 53E-4-203" is
103     repealed; and
104          (b) Section 53E-4-203 is repealed.
105          [(14) Subsections 53E-3-503(5) and (6), which create coordinating councils for youth
106     in custody, are repealed July 1, 2027.]
107          [(15)] (16) Section 53E-4-402, which creates the State Instructional Materials
108     Commission, is repealed July 1, 2022.
109          [(16)] (17) Title 53E, Chapter 6, Part 5, Utah Professional Practices Advisory
110     Commission, is repealed July 1, 2023.
111          [(17) Subsection 53E-8-204(4), which creates the advisory council for the Utah
112     Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, is repealed July 1, 2021.]
113          (18) Section 53F-2-420, which creates the Intensive Services Special Education Pilot
114     Program, is repealed July 1, 2024.
115          (19) Section 53F-5-203 is repealed July 1, 2024.
116          [(20) Section 53F-5-212 is repealed July 1, 2024.]
117          [(21)] (20) Section 53F-5-213 is repealed July 1, 2023.
118          [(22)] (21) Section 53F-5-214, in relation to a grant for professional learning, is
119     repealed July 1, 2025.
120          [(23)] (22) Section 53F-5-215, in relation to an elementary teacher preparation grant, is
121     repealed July 1, 2025.
122          [(24)] (23) Subsection 53F-9-203(7), which creates the Charter School Revolving
123     Account Committee, is repealed July 1, 2024.
124          [(25)] (24) Section 53F-9-501 is repealed January 1, 2023.
125          [(26)] (25) Subsections 53G-4-608(2)(b) and (4)(b), related to the Utah Seismic Safety
126     Commission, are repealed January 1, 2025.
127          [(27)] (26) Subsection 53G-8-211(5), regarding referrals of a minor to court for a class
128     C misdemeanor, is repealed July 1, 2022.