2015 Utah Code
Title 53B - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 8 - Tuition Waiver and Scholarships
Section 101 - Waiver of tuition.

53B-8-101. Waiver of tuition.

• (1)
  • (a) The president of each institution may waive all or part of the tuition in behalf of meritorious or impecunious resident students to an amount not exceeding 10% of the total amount of tuition which, in the absence of the waivers, would have been collected from all Utah resident students at the institution.
  • (b) Two and a half percent of the waivers designated in Subsection (1)(a) shall be set aside for members of the Utah National Guard. Waivers shall be preserved by the student at least 60 days before the beginning of an academic term.

• (2)
  • (a) A president of an institution of higher education listed in Subsections 53B-2-101(1)(a) through (h) may waive all or part of the nonresident portion of tuition for a meritorious nonresident undergraduate student.
  • (b) In determining which students are meritorious for purposes of granting a tuition waiver under Subsection (2)(a), a president shall consider students who are performing above the average at the institution, including having an admissions index higher than the average for the institution, if an admissions index is used.
  • (c) A president may continue to waive the nonresident portion of tuition for a student described in Subsection (2)(a) for as long as the student is enrolled at the institution.
  • (d) In addition to waiving the nonresident portion of tuition for a meritorious nonresident student under Subsection (2)(a), a president may waive the resident portion of tuition after the meritorious nonresident student completes a year of full-time study at the institution.

• (3) Upon recommendation of the board, a president shall grant additional full or partial tuition waivers to encourage students to enroll for instruction in occupations critical to the state for which trained personnel are in short supply.

• (4) A president may waive all or part of the difference between resident and nonresident tuition in the case of:
  • (a) meritorious graduate students; or
  • (b) nonresident summer school students.

• (5) The board shall submit annual budget appropriation requests for each institution, which include requests for funds sufficient in amount to equal the estimated loss of dedicated credits that would be realized if all of the tuition waivers authorized by Subsection (2) were granted.

Amended by Chapter 10, 2013 General Session
Amended by Chapter 23, 2013 General Session
Amended by Chapter 465, 2013 General Session