Higher Education Performance and Enrollment Funding

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53H-1-402
53H-8-202
53H-8-211
53H-8-301
53H-8-304
53H-8-305
63I-1-253
53H-1-402
53H-8-202
53H-8-211
53H-8-301
53H-8-304
53H-8-305
63I-1-253
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Higher Education Performance and Enrollment Funding
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Ann Millner
House Sponsor: Karen M. Peterson
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses performance funding and enrollment funding in higher education.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
defines terms;
repeals a study requirement for the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee that
this legislation fulfills;
requires the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee to ensure the inclusion of
certain factors in non-statutory funding formulas for technical colleges;
establishes a process and formula for determining certain enrollment-based funding for
institutions of higher education, including degree-granting universities and technical
colleges;
establishes new performance metrics and goals for performance-based funding;
amends provisions regarding certain meetings of legislative committees in relation to the
performance funding model;
enacts certain sunset dates; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53H-1-402
Effective
07/01/26
Partially Repealed
07/01/27
, as renumbered and
amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 8
53H-8-202
Effective
07/01/26
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2025,
First Special Session, Chapter 8
53H-8-301
Effective
07/01/26
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2025,
First Special Session, Chapter 8
53H-8-304
Effective
07/01/26
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2025,
First Special Session, Chapter 8
53H-8-305
Effective
07/01/26
Repealed
07/01/27
, as renumbered and amended by
Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 8
63I-1-253
Effective
07/01/26
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special
Session, Chapter 9
ENACTS:
53H-8-211
Effective
07/01/26
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
53H-1-402
is amended to read:
53H-1-402
Effective
07/01/26
Partially Repealed
07/01/27
. 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
high-demand
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
Section
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

:
(a)
complete the following:
(a)
(i)
an appropriation recommendation described in Section
53H-1-504
regarding
compliance with Subsections
53H-1-504(5)
and
(14)
; and
(b)
(ii)
as required by Section
53H-8-304
, the review of performance funding
described in Section
53H-8-304
.
; and
(b)
ensure that all non-statutory performance and growth funding formulas that
contribute to appropriations for technical colleges:
(i)
include equivalent funding value for secondary and adult students; and
(ii)
reflect the full responsibility of the technical college's statutorily-required
services.
(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)
institutional alignment with the statewide system of higher education and the
institution's mission within the statewide system; and
(ii)
investment in meeting localized and statewide workforce demands and securing
post-graduation employment outcomes; and
(b)
enrollment-based funding, including, for technical colleges, funding distribution
models that:
(i)
include equivalent funding value for secondary and adult students; and
(ii)
reflect the full responsibility of the technical college's statutorily-required
services.
(4)
The board shall:
(a)
complete a technical college capacity funding framework study for institutions
described in Subsection
53H-3-602(1)(b)(iv)
that contemplates:
(i)
a process for identifying specific technical college programs eligible for
state-funded capacity expansion;
(ii)
identifying, validating, and quantifying, by institution and program, unmet:
(A)
student demand, including secondary and postsecondary students; and
(B)
employer demand for graduates;
(iii)
methodology for establishing the amount and timing of state-funded capacity
appropriations, including whether the appropriations are retrospective or
prospective;
(iv)
the availability of alternative funding sources to support capacity expansions;
(v)
mechanisms for the return of state funds if an institution does not achieve
capacity gains; and
(vi)
how the capacity framework comports with:
(A)
enrollment funding, as described in Section
53H-8-211
; and
(B)
performance funding, as described in Chapter 8, Part 3, Performance Funding;
and
(b)
report the results of the study described in this Subsection
(4)
, including any
corresponding recommendations, to the Higher Education Appropriations
Subcommittee before October 1, 2026.
Section 2. Section
53H-8-202
is amended to read:
53H-8-202
Effective
07/01/26
. Combined requests for appropriations -- Board
review of operating budgets -- Submission of budgets -- Recommendations -- Hearing
request -- Appropriation formulas -- Allocations -- Dedicated credits -- Financial affairs.
(1)
As used in this section,

"research university" means the University of Utah or Utah State
University.
(2)
(a)
Subject to Subsection
(3)
, the board shall recommend a combined appropriation
for the operating budgets of institutions and the board for inclusion in a state
appropriations act.
(b)
The board's combined budget recommendation shall include:
(i)
employee compensation;
(ii)
mandatory costs, including building operations and maintenance, fuel, and power;
(iii)
performance funding described in
Part 3
, Performance Funding;
(iv)
statewide and institutional priorities, including scholarships, financial aid, and
technology infrastructure; and
(v)
enrollment
growth
funding described in Section
53H-2-211
.
(c)
The board's recommendations shall be available for presentation to the governor and
to the Legislature at least 30 days before the convening of the Legislature, and shall
include schedules showing the recommended amounts for each institution and the
board, including separately funded programs or divisions.
(d)
The recommended appropriations shall be determined by the board only after the
board has reviewed the proposed institutional operating budgets, and has consulted
with the various institutions and board staff in order to make appropriate adjustments.
(3)
In the combined request for appropriation, the board shall differentiate between
appropriations requested for academic education and appropriations requested for
technical education.
(4)
(a)
Institutional operating budgets shall be submitted to the board at least 90 days
before the convening of the Legislature in accordance with procedures established by
the board.
(b)
Except as provided in Sections
53H-9-604
and
53H-9-504
, funding requests
pertaining to capital facilities and land purchases shall be submitted in accordance
with procedures prescribed by the Division of Facilities Construction and
Management.
(5)
(a)
The budget recommendations of the board shall be accompanied by full
explanations and supporting data.
(b)
The appropriations recommended by the board shall be made with the dual objective
of:
(i)
justifying for institutions appropriations consistent with the institutions' needs, and
consistent with the financial ability of the state; and
(ii)
determining an equitable distribution of funds among the respective institutions in
accordance with the aims and objectives of the statewide master plan for higher
education.
(6)
(a)
The board shall request a hearing with the governor on the recommended
appropriations.
(b)
After the governor delivers the governor's budget message to the Legislature, the
board shall request hearings on the recommended appropriations with the Higher
Education Appropriations Subcommittee.
(c)
If either the total amount of the state appropriations or
its
the
allocation
of the state
appropriations
among the institutions as proposed by the Legislature or the Higher
Education Appropriations Subcommittee is substantially different from the
recommendations of the board, the board may request further hearings with the
Legislature or the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee to reconsider both
the total amount and the allocation.
(7)
The board may devise, establish, periodically review, and revise formulas for the
board's use and for the use of the governor and the Higher Education Appropriations
Subcommittee in making appropriation recommendations.
(8)
(a)
The board shall recommend to each session of the Legislature the minimum
tuitions, resident and nonresident, for each institution which it considers necessary to
implement the budget recommendations.
(b)
Subject to Subsection
(13)
, the board may fix the tuition, fees, and charges for each
institution at levels the board finds necessary to meet budget requirements.
(9)
Money allocated to each institution by legislative appropriation may be budgeted in
accordance with institutional work programs approved by the board, provided that the
expenditures funded by appropriations for each institution are kept within the
appropriations for the applicable period.
(10)
The dedicated credits, including revenues derived from tuitions, fees, federal grants,
and proceeds from sales received by the institutions are appropriated to the respective
institutions to be used in accordance with institutional work programs.
(11)
An institution may do the institution's own purchasing, issue the institution's own
payrolls, and handle the institution's own financial affairs under the general supervision
of the board.
(12)
If the Legislature appropriates money in accordance with this section, the money shall
be distributed to the board and institutions to fund the items described in Subsection
(2)(b)
.
(13)
The board shall create policies requiring an institution of higher education to waive
transcript fees for a student who is under
the age of
26
years old
and:
(a)
is homeless, as defined in Section
26B-3-207
;
(b)
is a person who is homeless, as defined in Section
35A-5-302
;
(c)
is an individual whose primary nighttime residence is a location that is not designed
for or ordinarily used as a sleeping accommodation for an individual;
(d)
is a homeless child or youth, as defined in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a;
(e)
is in the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services; or
(f)
was in the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services but is no longer in
the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services due to the individual's age.
Section 3. Section
53H-8-211
is enacted to read:
53H-8-211
Effective
07/01/26
. Enrollment funding.
(1)
As used in this section, in alignment with Utah System of Higher Education data
collection and reporting taxonomies:
(a)
(i)
"Advanced graduate" means the level of a doctoral course at a degree-granting
institution, including a juris doctorate degree.
(ii)
"Advanced graduate" does not include a course in a medical field for which an
institution receives separate funding, including medical, dental, and veterinary
programs.
(b)
"Basic graduate" means the level of a master's course at a degree-granting institution.
(c)
"Classification of instructional program code" means a coding designation that
facilitates the organization, collection, and reporting of fields of study and program
completions that the National Center for Education Statistics develops.
(d)
"Full-time equivalent" means a metric that measures student course load by
converting course hours into a number representing a full-time student equivalent
load.
(e)
"High-cost upper-division" means an upper-
division course in a program with a
classification of instruction program code of 11, 14, 51, or 52.
(f)
"Level of instruction" means the following instructional or course categories:
(i)
technical certificate education;
(ii)
vocational education;
(iii)
lower-division;
(iv)
upper-division;
(v)
high-cost upper-division;
(vi)
basic graduate; and
(vii)
advanced graduate.
(g)
"Lower-division" means the level of a course that:
(i)
students typically complete within the first two years or 60 credits of education at
a degree-granting institution; or
(ii)
fulfills a requirement for an associate degree.
(h)
"Technical certificate education" means technical education that a technical college
provides to students who are seeking a certificate, continuing occupational education,
or enrolled as a secondary student.
(i)
(i)
"Upper-division" means the level of a course that:
(A)
is an advanced undergraduate course at a degree-granting institution; and
(B)
students typically complete in the last two years of a bachelor's degree.
(ii)
"Upper-division" includes major-specific courses.
(j)
"Vocational education" means career and technical education that a degree-granting
institution provides.
(2)
In accordance with this section, the Legislature shall, as part of the higher education
appropriations budget process, annually determine the change in the amount of
enrollment funding for each:
(a)
degree-granting institution; and
(b)
technical college.
(3)
(a)
The Legislature shall determine the change in the amount of an institution's
enrollment funding based on the positive or negative change in enrollment at the
institution by:
(i)
calculating the average direct instructional cost per budget-related full-time
equivalent at each level of instruction on a system-wide basis;
(ii)
calculating the five-year average full-time equivalent budget-related resident
enrollment at each level of instruction at each institution for the five-year period
ending with the previous fiscal year and the five-year period ending with the year
before the previous fiscal year;
(iii)
calculating the percentage change between each five-year period described in
Subsection
(3)(a)(ii)
by each level of instruction;
(iv)
if the percent change in enrollment is greater than or equal to a 1% increase or
decrease, multiplying the average cost per full-time equivalent by the actual
change in full-time equivalent;
(v)
applying a state cost-sharing weight based on institution type in accordance with
Subsection
(3)(b)
; and
(vi)
summing the amounts for the institution.
(b)
The Legislature shall apply the following state cost-sharing weights in accordance
with Subsection
(3)(a)(v)
, representing the percentage of the average cost per
full-time equivalent described in Subsection
(3)(a)
that the state funds:
(i)
for a research university described in Subsection
53H-3-602(1)(b)(i)
, 50%;
(ii)
for a regional university described in Subsection
53H-3-602(1)(b)(ii)
:
(A)
except as provided in Subsection
(3)(b)(ii)(B)
, 60%; or
(B)
for a regional university that does not increase lower-division combined
tuition and general fees from the previous year, 65%;
(iii)
for a community college described in Subsection
53H-3-602(1)(b)(iii)
, 75%; and
(iv)
for a technical college, 90%.
Section 4. Section
53H-8-301
is amended to read:
53H-8-301
Effective
07/01/26
. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1)
"Account" means the Performance Funding Restricted Account created in Section
53H-8-302
.
(2)
"Award" means a degree or certificate that an institution grants.
(3)
"Cohort" means a group of students, defined by the year in which the group enrolls in an
institution.
(2)
(4)
"Estimated revenue growth from targeted jobs" means the estimated increase in
individual income tax revenue generated by individuals employed in targeted jobs,
determined in accordance with Sections
53H-8-302
and
53H-8-306
.
(3)
(5)
"Full new performance funding amount" means the maximum amount of new
performance funding that an institution may qualify for in a fiscal year, determined by
the Legislature in accordance with Section
53H-8-303
.
(4)
(6)
"Full-time" means the number of credit hours the board determines is full-time
enrollment for a student.

(7)
"High-demand" job means:
(a)
a targeted job; and
(b)
a strategically important occupation that the board identifies in accordance with
Subsection
53H-8-303(2)
.
(5)
(8)
"New performance funding" means the difference between the total amount of
money in the account and the amount of money appropriated from the account for
performance funding in the current fiscal year.
(6)
(9)
"Performance" means total performance across the metrics described in Section
53H-8-304
.
(10)
"Strategically important occupation" means an occupation that:
(a)
is not a targeted job; and
(b)
supports strategic objectives for state workforce development in core public services
or emerging industries.
(7)
(11)
"Targeted job" means a four- and five-star job that requires postsecondary training
as designated by the Department of Workforce Services.
Section 5. Section
53H-8-304
is amended to read:
53H-8-304
Effective
07/01/26
. Performance metrics for institutions --
Determination of performance.
(1)
(a)
(i)
The board shall establish a model for determining an institution's
performance.
(ii)
The board shall:
(A)
set a five-year goal for the Utah System of Higher Education for each metric
described in Subsection
(2)(a)
;
(B)
adopt five-year goals for each institution that align with each goal described in
Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)(A)
;
and
(C)
ensure the goals the board adopts for each institution described in Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)(B)
are sufficiently rigorous to meet the goals described in Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)(A)
; and
(D)
set a five-year goal for each institution for each metric described in
Subsection
(2)(b)
.
(b)
(i)
The board shall submit a draft of the model described in this section to the
Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee and the governor for comments
and recommendations.
(ii)
Every five years, the board shall:
(A)
submit the model described in Subsection
(1)(a)(i)
and the goals described in
Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)
to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
and to the governor for comments and recommendations; and
(B)
consider the comments and recommendations described in Subsection
(1)(b)(ii)(A)
, and make any necessary changes to the model described in
Subsection
(1)(a)(i)
and the goals described in Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)
.
(c)
Every five years
, the Executive Appropriations Committee,
:
(i)
the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
, and the Education Interim
Committee shall prepare and jointly meet to consider
shall make
recommendations to the Executive Appropriations Committee regarding
legislation for introduction at the following general legislative session to adopt the
goals described in Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)
.
; and
(ii)
the Executive Appropriations Committee shall approve or modify the Higher
Education Appropriations Subcommittee's recommendations described in
Subsection
(1)(c)(i)
.
(d)
After the release of the Department of Workforce Services' bi-annual long-term
occupational projections:
(i)
the board may identify up to five strategically important occupations for
degree-granting institutions and five strategically important occupations for
technical colleges that:
(A)
the Talent, Education, and Industry Alignment Board created in Section
53H-13-302
recommends to the board; and
(B)
the board approves;
(ii)
if a strategically important occupation described in Subsection
(1)(d)(i)
becomes
a targeted job, the board may identify another strategically important occupation
in accordance with the limit described in Subsection
(1)(d)(i)
; and
(iii)
if a job no longer constitutes a high-demand job, either because the board
de-selects a strategically important occupation in favor of a different occupation
or because a job is no longer a targeted job, the job shall remain a factor for
performance funding calculations in relation to the students who were enrolled in
the given program at the time the job most recently constituted a high-demand job.
(2)
(a)
The
For the five-year performance period beginning on July 1, 2022, and ending
on June 30, 2027, the
board shall set the goals and establish the performance model
described in Subsection
(1)(a)(i)
for the following metrics:
(i)
access;
(ii)
timely completion; and
(iii)
high-yield awards.
(b)
For the five-year performance period beginning on July 1, 2027, and ending on June
30, 2032, the board shall establish the performance model described in Subsection
(1)(a)(i)
and set the goals described in Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)(D)
for the following
metrics:
(i)
for each institution:
(A)
responsiveness to workforce needs, measured by degrees and certificates the
institution awarded that map to high-demand jobs in the state; and
(B)
institutional efficiency, measured by degrees and certificates the institution
awarded per full-time equivalent student;
(ii)
for each degree-granting institution:
(A)
the metrics described in Subsection
(2)(b)(i)
; and
(B)
timely completion, meaning the percentage of a cohort that completes an
award within 150% of the time in which a student typically completes the
award at full-time status, measured by awards granted;
(iii)
for each regional university and community college described in Subsections
53H-3-602(1)(b)(ii)
and
53G-3-602(1)(b)(iii)
:
(A)
the metrics described in Subsection
(2)(b)(i)
; and
(B)
the number of students achieving the student's first 30 credit hours;
(iv)
for each research university described in Subsection
53H-3-602(1)(b)(iv)
:
(A)
the metrics described in Subsection
(2)(b)(i)
; and
(B)
the total number of research dollars the university expended; and
(v)
for each technical college:
(A)
the metrics described in Subsection
(2)(b)(i)
; and
(B)
placement rates of graduates into employment or degree-granting programs.
(b)
(3)
The board shall

:
(a)
determine the relative weights of the metrics described in
and in accordance with
Subsection
(2)(a)
.
(2)
;
(c)
(b)
The board shall
determine and establish in board policy, the definitions,
measures, and relative weights of the metrics described in Subsection
(2)(a)
(2)

based on each institution's mission
.
; and
(c)
for a definition of credit hours eligible for meeting the 30-hour threshold for the
metric described in Subsection
(2)(b)(iii)(B)
, include a student's concurrent
enrollment credits and other credits for prior learning the student has earned.
(3)
(a)
For each degree-granting institution, the board shall annually determine the
degree-granting institution's:
(i)
performance; and
(ii)
change in performance compared to the degree-granting institution's average
performance over the previous five years.
(b)
(4)
For each institution, the board shall annually:
(i)
(a)
adopt annual performance goals for each metric described in Subsection
(2)(a)(ii)
that will
(2) that are sufficiently rigorous to
advance the institution toward
achievement of the five-year goals described in Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)
;
(ii)
(b)
evaluate performance in meeting the goals described in Subsection
(3)(b)(i)
(4)(a)
; and
(iii)
(c)
include a degree-granting institution's or technical college's performance under
this section in the evaluation described in Subsection
53H-1-203(2)(i)
.
(4)
(5)
The board shall use the model described in Subsection
(1)(a)(i)
to make the report
described in Section
53H-8-303
for determining an institution's performance funding.
(5)
(6)
At the end of each five-year period for which the board sets goals under Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)
:
(a)
the board shall:
(i)
review the Utah System of Higher Education's performance in meeting the goals
the board sets under Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)(A)
;
(ii)
review each institution's performance in meeting the goals the board sets under
Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)(B)
or
(1)(a)(ii)(D)
; and
(iii)
allocate any funds not allocated under Subsection
53H-8-303(6)(d)
to each

institution that meets or exceeds the goals the board sets under Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)(B)
or
(1)(a)(ii)(D)
; and
(b)
the Legislature may appropriate additional funds for the board to allocate to each
institution that meets or exceeds goals as described in Subsection
(5)(a)(iii)
(6)(a)(iii)
.
(6)
(7)
In year two or three of each five-year period for which the board sets goals under
Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)
, the following
committees and the governor
shall hold a
joint
open
meeting to review the goals the board sets under Subsection
(1)(a)(ii)
:
(a)
the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; and
(a)
(b)
after the meeting described in Subsection
(7)(a)
,
the Executive Appropriations
Committee
;
.
(b)
the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; and
(c)
the Education Interim Committee.
Section 6. Section
53H-8-305
is amended to read:
53H-8-305
Effective
07/01/26
Repealed
07/01/27
. Five-year performance goals.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Access metric" means the metric described in Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(a)(i)
.
(b)
"Award" means a degree or certificate that an institution grants.
(c)
"Cohort" means a group of students, defined by the year in which the group enrolls
in an institution.
(d)
"Five-year performance period" means the five-year period beginning on July 1,
2022, and ending on June 30, 2027.
(e)
(a)
"High-yield award" means the same as that term is defined in board policy under
Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(c)
53H-8-304(3)
.
(f)
"High-yield awards metric" means the metric described in Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(a)(iii)
.
(g)
"Standard completion time" means the time in which a student typically completes
an award program.
(h)
(b)
"System" means the Utah System of Higher Education.
(i)
"Timely completion metric" means the metric described in Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(a)(ii)
.
(2)
(a)
The goals
established by
the board
establishes
in accordance with Subsection
53H-8-304(1)(a)(ii)
for the Utah System of Higher Education for the five-year
performance period
beginning on July 1, 2022, and ending on June 30, 2027,
are:
(a)
(i)
for the access metric
described in Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(a)(i)
, to increase
the percent of Utah high school graduates participating in the system by 3.0%;
(b)
(ii)
for the timely completion metric
described in Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(a)(ii)
,
to increase the system percentage of a cohort that completes an award in up to and
including 1.5 times the
standard completion time
time in which a student
typically completes an award program
by 3.0%; and
(c)
(iii)
for the high-yield awards metric
described in Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(a)(iii)
,
to increase the system percentage of high-yield awards by 3.0%.
(b)
The board shall ensure that the goals the board establishes in accordance with
Subsection
53H-8-304(1)(a)(ii)(D)
for the five-year performance period beginning on
July 1, 2027, and ending on June 30, 2032, are:
(i)
for the workforce responsiveness metric described in Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(b)(i)(A)
, to:
(A)
increase the number of degrees and certificates an institution awards that map
to high-demand jobs in the state by at least 1.0% each year; or
(B)
maintain the number described in Subsection
(2)(b)(i)(A)
at or above 80%;
(ii)
for the institutional efficiency metric described in Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(b)(i)(B)
, to increase the five-year rolling average number of degrees
and certificates an institution awards per full-time equivalent student by at least
1.0% each year;
(iii)
for the timely completion metric for degree-granting institutions described in
Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(b)(ii)(B)
, to:
(A)
increase the percentage of timely completion at the institution by at least 1.0%
each year; or
(B)
maintain the percentage described in Subsection
(2)(b)(iii)(A)
at or above 75%
;
(iv)
for the regional university and community college first-year student metric
described in Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(b)(iii)(B)
, to increase the number of
students achieving the student's first 30 credit hours by at least 1.0% each year;
(v)
for the research university research expenditure metric described in Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(b)(iv)(B)
, to increase the total number of research dollars the
university expended by at least 1.0% more than the year-over change in the
Consumer Price Index that the United States Bureau
o
f Labor Statistics reports;
and
(vi)
for the technical college placement metric described in Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(b)(v)(B)
, to increase the placement rate of graduates in jobs or
degree-granting programs by at least 1.0% each year.
(3)
In order to meet the system goals described in Subsection
(2)
(2)(a)
, the goals for each
institution for the five-year performance period are:
(a)
for the access metric, to increase the institution's share of Utah high school graduates
participating in the system by a percentage that the board determines;
(b)
for the timely completion metric, to increase the percent of a cohort enrolled at the
institution that completes an award in up to and including 1.5 times the standard
completion time or sooner by a percentage that the board determines; and
(c)
for the high-yield awards metric, to increase the percent of high-yield awards the
institution grants by a percentage that the board determines.
Section 7. Section
63I-1-253
is amended to read:
63I-1-253
Effective
07/01/26
. Repeal dates: Titles 53 through 53H.
(1)
Section
53-1-122
, Road Rage Awareness and Prevention Restricted Account, is
repealed July 1, 2028.
(2)
Section
53-2a-105
, Emergency Management Administration Council created --
Function -- Composition -- Expenses, is repealed July 1, 2029.
(3)
Section
53-2a-1103
, Search and Rescue Advisory Board -- Members -- Compensation,
is repealed July 1, 2030.
(4)
Section
53-2a-1104
, General duties of the Search and Rescue Advisory Board, is
repealed July 1, 2027.
(5)
Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 15, Grid Resilience Committee
, is repealed July 1, 2027.
(6)
Section
53-2d-104
, State Emergency Medical Services Committee -- Membership --
Expenses, is repealed July 1, 2029.
(7)
Section
53-2d-503
, Establishment of maximum rates, is repealed July 1, 2027.
(8)
Section
53-5a-302
, Concealed Firearm Review Board -- Membership -- Compensation
-- Terms -- Duties, is repealed July 1, 2029.
(9)
Section
53-11-104
, Board, is repealed July 1, 2029.
(10)
Title
53, Chapter 31
, Department Interaction With Local Law Enforcement, is repealed
July 1, 2027.
(11)
Subsection
53C-3-203
(4)(b)(vii)
, regarding the distribution of money from the Land
Exchange Distribution Account to the Geological Survey for test wells and other
hydrologic studies in the West Desert, is repealed July 1, 2030.
(12)
Subsection
53E-1-201
(1)(q)
, regarding the Higher Education and Corrections Council,
is repealed July 1, 2027.
(13)
Subsection
53E-2-304
(6)
, regarding foreclosing a private right of action or waiver of
governmental immunity, is repealed July 1, 2027.
(14)
Subsection
53E-3-503
(5)
, regarding coordinating councils for youth in care, is
repealed July 1, 2027.
(15)
Subsection
53E-3-503
(6)
, regarding coordinating councils for youth in care, is
repealed July 1, 2027.
(16)
Subsection
53E-4-202
(8)(b)
, regarding a standards review committee, is repealed
January 1, 2028.
(17)
Section
53E-4-203
, Standards review committee, is repealed January 1, 2028.
(18)
Title 53E, Chapter 6, Part 5, Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission
, is
repealed July 1, 2033.
(19)
Subsection
53E-7-207
(7)
, regarding a private right of action or waiver of governmental
immunity, is repealed July 1, 2027.
(20)
Section
53F-5-215
, Elementary teacher preparation assessment grant, is repealed July
1, 2028.
(21)
Section
53F-5-219
, Local Innovations Civics Education Pilot Program, is repealed July
1, 2026.
(22)
Title 53F, Chapter 10, Part 2, Capital Projects Evaluation Panel
, is repealed July 1,
2027.
(23)
Subsection
53G-4-608
(2)(b)
, regarding the Utah Seismic Safety Commission, is
repealed January 1, 2025.
(24)
Subsection
53G-4-608
(4)(b)
, regarding the Utah Seismic Safety Commission, is
repealed January 1, 2025.
(25)
Section
53G-9-212
, Drinking water quality in schools, is repealed July 1, 2027.
(26)
Subsection
53G-9-703(4)
, regarding the parental video presentation concerning student
use of technology, is repealed January 1, 2030.
(27)
Subsection
53H-1-402(1)(j)
, regarding the Higher Education and Corrections Council,
is repealed July 1, 2027.
(28)
Section
53H-1-604
, Higher Education and Corrections Council, is repealed July 1,
2027.
(29)
Subsection
53H-4-210(3)
, regarding the creation of the SafeUT and School Safety
Commission, is repealed January 1, 2030.
(30)
Subsection
53H-4-210(4)
, regarding the appointment of the members of the SafeUT
and School Safety Commission, is repealed January 1, 2030.
(31)
Subsection
53H-4-210(5)
, regarding the attorney general designating the chair of the
SafeUT and School Safety Commission, is repealed January 1, 2030.
(32)
Subsection
53H-4-210(6)
, regarding the quorum requirements of the SafeUT and
School Safety Commission, is repealed January 1, 2030.
(33)
Subsection
53H-4-210(7)
, regarding a formal action of the SafeUT and School Safety
Commission, is repealed January 1, 2030.
(34)
Subsection
53H-4-210(8)
, regarding compensation for members of the SafeUT and
School Safety Commission, is repealed January 1, 2030.
(35)
Subsection
53H-4-210(9)
, regarding the support staff for the SafeUT and School
Safety Commission, is repealed January 1, 2030.
(36)
Section
53H-4-306.1
, Definitions -- Electrification of Transportation Infrastructure
Research Center, is repealed July 1, 2028.
(37)
Section
53H-4-306.2
, Electrification of Transportation Infrastructure Research Center
-- Designation -- Duties, is repealed July 1, 2028.
(38)
Section
53H-4-306.3
, Electrification of Transportation Infrastructure Research Center
-- Steering committee, is repealed July 1, 2028.
(39)
Section
53H-4-306.4
, Electrification of Transportation Infrastructure Research Center
-- Industry advisory board, is repealed July 1, 2028.
(40)
Section
53H-4-306.5
, Electrification of Transportation Infrastructure Research Center
-- Duties of the project director, is repealed July 1, 2028.
(41)
Section
53H-4-306.6
, Electrification of Transportation Infrastructure Research Center
-- Project development and strategic objectives -- Reporting requirements, is repealed
July 1, 2028.
(42)
Section
53H-4-307.1
, Center for Civic Excellence, is repealed July 1, 2030.
(43)
Section
53H-4-307.2
, Center for Civic Excellence -- Duties -- Authority, is repealed
July 1, 2030.
(44)
Section
53H-4-307.3
, Center for Civic Excellence -- Leadership, is repealed July 1,
2030.
(45)
Section
53H-4-307.4
, Center for Civic Excellence -- Faculty, is repealed July 1, 2030.
(46)
Section
53H-4-307.5
, Center for Civic Excellence -- Curriculum, is repealed July 1,
2030.
(47)
Section
53H-4-307.6
, Center for Civic Excellence -- Oversight -- Reporting, is
repealed July 1, 2030.
(48)
Section
53H-4-313
, Food Security Council, is repealed July 1, 2027.
(49)
Subsection
53H-8-202(2)(b)(v)
, regarding enrollment funding, is repealed July 1, 2031.
(50)
Section
53H-8-211
, Enrollment funding, is repealed July 1, 2031.
(51)
Subsection
53H-8-304(2)(a)
, regarding performance funding metrics for the five-year
period ending June 30, 2027, is repealed July 1, 2028.
(52)
Subsection
53H-8-305(2)(a)
, regarding performance funding goals for the five-year
period ending June 30, 2027, is repealed July 1, 2028.
(53)
Subsection
53H-8-305(3)(a)
, regarding performance funding goals for the five-year
period ending June 30, 2027, is repealed July 1, 2028.
(49)
(54)
Section
53H-8-305
, Five-year performance goals, is repealed July 1, 2027.
(50)
(55)
Title
53H, Chapter 10, Part 4
, Education Savings Incentive Program, is repealed
July 1, 2028.
Section 8.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
July 1, 2026
.
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