2016 Utah Code
Title 53B - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 2a - Utah College of Applied Technology
Section 106 - Applied technology colleges -- Duties.

Effective 5/10/2016
53B-2a-106. Applied technology colleges -- Duties.

• (1) Each applied technology college within the Utah College of Applied Technology shall, within the geographic area served by the applied technology college:
  • (a) offer a non-credit post-secondary and secondary career and technical education curriculum;
  • (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 higher education institutions, businesses, industries, and community and private agencies to maximize the availability of instructional facilities within the geographic area served by the applied technology college; and
  • (e) after consulting with school districts and charter schools within the geographic area served by the applied technology college:
    • (i) ensure that secondary students in the public education system have access to career and technical education at the applied technology college; and
    • (ii) prepare and submit an annual report to the board of trustees detailing:
      • (A) how the career and technical education needs of secondary students within the region are being met;
      • (B) what access secondary students within the region have to programs offered at the applied technology college;
      • (C) how the emphasis on high demand, high wage, high skill jobs in business and industry described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii) is being provided; and
      • (D) student tuition and fees.

• (2) An applied technology college may offer:
  • (a) a competency-based high school diploma approved by the State Board of Education in accordance with Section 53A-1-402;
  • (b) non-credit, basic instruction in areas such as reading, language arts, and mathematics that are necessary for student success in a chosen career and technical education or job-related program;
  • (c) non-credit courses of interest when similar offerings to the community are limited and courses are financially self-supporting; and
  • (d) secondary school level courses through the Statewide Online Education Program in accordance with Section 53A-15-1205.

• (3) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(d), an applied technology college 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 area served by the applied technology college without a cooperative agreement between an affected institution, except as provided in Subsection (6);
  • (d) provide tenure or academic rank for its instructors; or
  • (e) participate in intercollegiate athletics.

• (4) The mission of an applied technology college is limited to non-credit career and technical education and may not expand to include credit-based academic programs typically offered by community colleges or other institutions of higher education.

• (5) An applied technology college shall be recognized as a member applied technology college 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 member applied technology college of the Utah College of Applied Technology."

• (6)
  • (a) An applied technology college may offer career and technical education or basic instruction outside the geographic area served by the applied technology college without a cooperative agreement, as required 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 applied technology college notifies the affected institution about the request; and
    • (iii) the affected institution is given an opportunity to make a proposal, prior to any contract being finalized or training being initiated by the applied technology college, to the employer, craft, trade, or apprenticeship program about offering the requested career and technical education or basic instruction, provided that the proposal shall be presented no later than one business week from the delivery of the notice described under Subsection (6)(a)(ii).
  • (b) The requirements under Subsection (6)(a)(iii) do not apply if there is a prior training relationship.

Amended by Chapter 236, 2016 General Session