Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 9 > Chapter 22 > Part 1 - Stem Action Center

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appropriation: means an allocation of money by the governing body for a specific purpose. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• 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
• Budget: means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal period which embodies estimates of proposed expenditures for given purposes and the proposed means of financing them. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Budget officer: means the city auditor in a city of the first and second class, the mayor or some person appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council in a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class, the mayor in the council-mayor optional form of government, or the person designated by the charter in a charter city. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Budget period: means the fiscal period for which a budget is prepared. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• City general fund: means the general fund used by a city. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Computing partnerships: means a set of skills, knowledge, and aptitudes used in computer science, information technology, or computer engineering courses and career options. See Utah Code 9-22-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Current period: means the fiscal period in which a budget is prepared and adopted, i. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Department: means any functional unit within a fund that carries on a specific activity, such as a fire or police department within a city general fund. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Department: means the Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. See Utah Code 9-1-102
• Director: means the director appointed by the STEM board to oversee the administration of the STEM Action Center. See Utah Code 9-22-102
• Educator: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-6-102. See Utah Code 9-22-102
• Estimated revenue: means the amount of revenue estimated to be received from all sources during the budget period in each fund for which a budget is being prepared. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. See Utah Code 9-1-102
• Fiscal period: means the annual or biennial period for accounting for fiscal operations in each city. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Foundation: means a foundation established as described in Subsections 9-22-104(3) and (4). See Utah Code 9-22-102
• Fund: is a s defined by generally accepted accounting principles as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for Utah Cities. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Fund: means the STEM Action Center Foundation Fund created in Section 9-22-105. See Utah Code 9-22-102
• General fund: is a s defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board as reflected in the Uniform Accounting Manual for All Local Governments prepared by the Office of the Utah State Auditor. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Governing body: means a city council, or city commission, as the case may be, but the authority to make any appointment to any position created by this chapter is vested in the mayor in the council-mayor optional form of government. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Grant program: means the Computing Partnerships Grants program created in this part. See Utah Code 9-22-102
• High quality professional development: means professional development that meets high quality standards developed by the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 9-22-102
• Institution of higher education: means an institution listed in Section 53B-1-102. See Utah Code 9-22-102
• Last completed fiscal period: means the fiscal period next preceding the current period. See Utah Code 10-6-106
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Municipality: means :

  (a)	a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;

  (b)	a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or

  (c)

  a metro township as that term is defined in Section 10-2a-403 unless the term is used in the context of authorizing, governing, or otherwise regulating the provision of municipal services. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 10-1-104 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Provider: means a provider selected on behalf of the STEM board by the staff of the STEM board and the staff of the State Board of Education: (a)  through a request for proposals process; or (b)  through a direct award or sole source procurement process for a pilot described in Section 9-22-107. See Utah Code 9-22-102 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Review committee: means the committee established under Section 9-22-114. See Utah Code 9-22-102 Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Stacked credentials: means credentials that: (a)  an individual can build upon to access an advanced job or higher wage; (b)  are part of a career pathway system; (c)  provide a pathway culminating in the equivalent of an associate's or bachelor's degree; (d)  facilitate multiple exit and entry points; and (e)  recognize sub-goals or momentum points. See Utah Code 9-22-102 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 STEM board: means the STEM Action Center Board created in Section 9-22-103. See Utah Code 9-22-102 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5