Technical Colleges Funding Amendments

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53H-1-402
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Technical Colleges Funding Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Christine F. Watkins
Senate Sponsor:
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill requires the inclusion of certain factors for certain funding formulas for technical
colleges.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
requires the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee to ensure the inclusion of
certain factors in certain funding formulas for technical colleges; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53H-1-402
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session,
Chapter 8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
53H-1-402
is amended to read:
53H-1-402
. 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:
(a)
the reports described in Sections
53H-1-502
,
53H-1-503
, and
53H-1-504
;
(b)
the reports described in Section
53H-1-203
by the board on:
(i)
system wide responses to changing demographics and workforce; and
(ii)
the board's activities and performance against the board's goals and metrics;
(c)
the report described in Section
53H-5-205
;
(d)
the report described in Section
53H-8-202
by the board on recommended
appropriations for higher education institutions and the board, including the report
described in Section
53H-11-406
by the board on the effects of offering nonresident
partial tuition scholarships;
(e)
the report described in Section
53H-8-306
by the Department of Workforce Services
and the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity on targeted jobs;
(f)
the reports described in Section
53H-8-303
by the board on performance;
(g)
the report described in Section
53H-11-402
by the board on the Opportunity
Scholarship Program;
(h)
the report described in
53H-13-309
regarding the talent advisory councils;
(i)
the report described in Section
53H-11-414
by the board on the Utah Promise
Program;
(j)
the report described in Section
53H-6-202
by the board on an institution
compensating a student athlete for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or
likeness;
(k)
the report described in Section
53H-1-604
regarding the Higher Education and
Corrections Council; and
(l)
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
report is due to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
:
,
the board's report
regarding each institution's strategic reinvestment plan described in Section
53H-8-210
.
(3)
In accordance with applicable provisions, the Higher Education Appropriations
Subcommittee shall complete the following:
(a)
an appropriation recommendation described in Section
53H-1-504
regarding
compliance with Subsections
53H-1-504(5)
and
(14)
; and
(b)
as required by Section
53H-8-304
, the review of performance funding described in
Section
53H-8-304
.
(4)
In consultation with the board, the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
shall study a re-design of
:

(a)
the performance funding model described in Chapter
8, Part 3
, Performance
Funding, to better ensure:
(i)
(a)
institutional alignment with the statewide system of higher education and the
institution's mission within the statewide system; and
(ii)
(b)
investment in meeting localized and statewide workforce demands and securing
post-graduation employment outcomes
; and
.
(b)
(5)
enrollment-based funding, including,
Beginning May 6, 2026, the Higher
Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall ensure that all non-statutory performance
and growth funding formulas that contribute to appropriations
for technical colleges
,
funding distribution models that
:
(i)
(a)
include equivalent funding value for secondary and adult students; and
(ii)
(b)
reflect the full responsibility of the technical college's statutorily-required
services.
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
May 6, 2026
.
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