53B-2a-106 - College campuses -- Duties.
53B-2a-106. College campuses -- Duties.
(1) Each Utah College of Applied Technology college campus shall, within thegeographic area served by the college campus:
(a) offer a non-credit post-secondary and secondary career and technical educationcurriculum;
(b) offer that curriculum at:
(i) low cost to adult students, as approved by the board of trustees; and
(ii) no tuition to secondary students;
(c) provide career and technical education that will result in:
(i) appropriate licensing, certification, or other evidence of completion of training; and
(ii) qualification for specific employment, with an emphasis on high demand, high wage,and high skill jobs in business and industry;
(d) develop cooperative agreements with school districts, charter schools, other highereducation institutions, businesses, industries, and community and private agencies to maximizethe availability of instructional facilities within the geographic area served by the collegecampus; and
(e) after consulting with school districts and charter schools within the geographic areaserved by the college campus:
(i) ensure that secondary students in the public education system have access to careerand technical education at each college campus; and
(ii) prepare and submit an annual report to the Utah College of Applied Technologydetailing:
(A) how the career and technical education needs of secondary students within the regionare being met;
(B) what access secondary students within the region have to programs offered at collegecampuses;
(C) how the emphasis on high demand, high wage, high skill jobs in business andindustry described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii) is being provided; and
(D) student tuition and fees.
(2) A college campus may offer:
(a) a competency-based high school diploma approved by the State Board of Educationin accordance with Section 53A-1-402;
(b) non-credit, basic instruction in areas such as reading, language arts, and mathematicsthat are necessary for student success in a chosen career and technical education or job-relatedprogram; and
(c) non-credit courses of interest when similar offerings to the community are limitedand courses are financially self-supporting.
(3) A college campus may not:
(a) offer courses other than non-credit career and technical education or the non-credit,basic instruction described in Subsections (2)(b) and (c);
(b) offer a degree;
(c) offer career and technical education or basic instruction outside the geographic areaserved by the college campus without a cooperative agreement between an affected institution,except as provided in Subsection (6);
(d) provide tenure or academic rank for its instructors; and
(e) participate in intercollegiate athletics.
(4) The mission of a college campus is limited to non-credit career and technicaleducation and may not expand to include credit-based academic programs typically offered bycommunity colleges or other institutions of higher education.
(5) A campus shall be recognized as a college campus of the Utah College of AppliedTechnology, and regional affiliation shall be retained and recognized through local designationssuch as "Bridgerland Applied Technology College: A Utah College of Applied TechnologyCampus."
(6) (a) A college campus may offer career and technical education or basic instructionoutside the geographic area served by the college campus without a cooperative agreement, asrequired in Subsection (3)(c), if:
(i) the career and technical education or basic instruction is specifically requested by:
(A) an employer; or
(B) a craft, trade, or apprenticeship program;
(ii) the college campus notifies the affected institution about the request; and
(iii) the affected institution is given an opportunity to make a proposal, prior to anycontract being finalized or training being initiated by the college campus, to the employer, craft,trade, or apprenticeship program about offering the requested career and technical education orbasic instruction, provided that the proposal shall be presented no later than one business weekfrom the delivery of the notice described under Subsection (6)(b).
(b) The requirements under Subsection (6)(a)(iii) do not apply if there is a prior trainingrelationship.
Amended by Chapter 346, 2009 General Session