Effective 7/1/2023

53B-1-301.  Reports to and actions of the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee.

(1)  In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 68-3-14, the following recurring reports are due to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee:

Terms Used In Utah Code 53B-1-301 v2

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Board: means the Utah Board of Higher Education described in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(a)  the reports described in Sections 34A-2-202.5, 53B-30-206, and 59-9-102.5 by the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health;

(b)  the report described in Section 53B-7-101 by the board on recommended appropriations for higher education institutions, including the report described in Section 53B-8-104 by the board on the effects of offering nonresident partial tuition scholarships;

(c)  the report described in Section 53B-7-704 by the Department of Workforce Services and the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity on targeted jobs;

(d)  the reports described in Section 53B-7-705 by the board on performance;

(e)  the report described in Section 53B-8-201 by the board on the Opportunity Scholarship Program;

(f)  the report described in Section 53B-8d-104 by the Division of Child and Family Services on tuition waivers for wards of the state;

(g)  the report described in Section 53B-13a-103 by the board on the Utah Promise Program;

(h)  the report described in Section 53B-17-201 by the University of Utah regarding the Miners’ Hospital for Disabled Miners;

(i)  the report described in Section 53B-26-202 by the Medical Education Council on projected demand for nursing professionals;

(j)  the report described in Section 53B-35-202 regarding the Higher Education and Corrections Council; and

(k)  the report described in Section 53E-10-308 by the State Board of Education and board on student participation in the concurrent enrollment program.

(2)  In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 68-3-14, the following occasional reports are due to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee:

(a)  upon request, the information described in Section 53B-8a-111 submitted by the Utah Educational Savings Plan;

(b)  a proposal described in Section 53B-26-202 by an eligible program to respond to projected demand for nursing professionals; and

(c)  a report in 2023 from Utah Valley University and the Utah Fire Prevention Board on the fire and rescue training program described in Section 53B-29-202.

(3)  In accordance with applicable provisions, the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall complete the following:

(a)  as required by Section 53B-7-703, the review of performance funding described in Section 53B-7-703;

(b)  an appropriation recommendation described in Section 53B-26-202 to fund a proposal responding to projected demand for nursing professionals; and

(c)  review of the report described in Section 63B-10-301 by the University of Utah on the status of a bond and bond payments specified in Section 63B-10-301.

Amended by Chapter 374, 2023 General Session