Utah Code 9-22-112. High school STEM education initiative

9-22-112. High school STEM education initiative.

(1)	Subject to legislative appropriations, after consulting with State Board of Education staff, the STEM Action Center shall award grants to school districts and charter schools to fund STEM related certification for high school students.

Fund: means the STEM Action Center Foundation Fund created in Section 9-22-105. See Utah Code 9-22-102
Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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
STEM: means science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. See Utah Code 9-22-102
STEM Action Center: means the center described in Section 9-22-106. See Utah Code 9-22-102

(2)

(a)	A school district or charter school may apply for a grant from the STEM Action Center, through a competitive process, to fund the school district’s or charter school’s STEM related certification training program.

(b)

A school district’s or charter school’s STEM related certification training program shall:

(i)	prepare high school students to be job ready for available STEM related positions of employment; and

(ii)	when a student completes the program, result in the student gaining an industry-recognized employer STEM related certification.

(3)

A school district or charter school may partner with one or more of the following to provide a STEM related certification program:

(a)	a technical college described in Section 53B-2a-105;

(b)	Salt Lake Community College;

(c)	Snow College;

(d)	Utah State University Eastern;

(e)	Utah State University Blanding; or

(f)	a private sector employer.

Amended by Chapter 357, 2019 General Session
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 487, 2019 General Session

Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of section number used in HB 224, Chapter 221.