2006 Utah Code - 53B-2a-106 — College campuses -- Duties.

     53B-2a-106.   College campuses -- Duties.
     (1) Each Utah College of Applied Technology college campus shall:
     (a) offer a post-secondary and extra-secondary applied technology education curriculum;
     (b) offer that curriculum at:
     (i) market cost to adult students, as approved by the board of trustees and the State Board of Regents; and
     (ii) no tuition to secondary students within the campus' jurisdiction;
     (c) provide applied technology education that will result in:
     (i) appropriate licensing, certification, or other evidence of completion of training; and
     (ii) qualification for specific employment in business and industry;
     (d) offer associate of applied technology degrees that have:
     (i) instruction provided in an open-entry, open-exit environment, except as required by external entities; and
     (ii) been reviewed by the board of trustees and approved by the State Board of Regents in accordance with Section 53B-1-103;
     (e) develop cooperative agreements with local school districts, other higher education institutions, businesses, industries, and community and private agencies to maximize the availability of instructional facilities; and
     (f) after consulting with local school districts within the geographic area served by the college campus:
     (i) ensure that secondary students in the public education system have access to applied technology education at each college campus; and
     (ii) prepare and submit an annual report to the Utah College of Applied Technology detailing:
     (A) how the applied technology education needs of secondary students within the region are being met; and
     (B) what access secondary students within the region have to programs offered at college campuses.
     (2) A college campus may offer a competency-based high school diploma approved by the State Board of Education in accordance with Section 53A-1-402.
     (3) A college campus may not:
     (a) offer courses other than applied technology education and preparatory instruction in areas such as reading and mathematics that are necessary for student success in a chosen applied technology education or job-related program;
     (b) offer a degree other than an associate of applied technology degree approved by the State Board of Regents in accordance with Section 53B-1-103;
     (c) provide tenure or academic rank for its instructors; and
     (d) participate in intercollegiate athletics.
     (4) The mission of a college campus is limited to applied technology education and may not expand to include credit-based academic programs typically offered by community colleges or other institutions of higher education.
     (5) Each campus shall be recognized as a college campus of the Utah College of Applied Technology, and regional affiliation shall be retained and recognized through local designations such as "Bridgerland Applied Technology College: A Utah College of Applied Technology Campus."

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Amended by Chapter 227, 2005 General Session