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Title 53B - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 2a - Technical Colleges
Section 107 - Technical college presidents -- Appointments -- Duties.
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UT Code § 53B-2a-107 (2020)
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Effective 7/1/2020
53B-2a-107. Technical college presidents -- Appointments -- Duties.
Amended by Chapter 365, 2020 General Session
53B-2a-107. Technical college presidents -- Appointments -- Duties.
- (1)
- (a) The board shall appoint a president for each technical college.
- (b) The board shall establish a policy for appointing a technical college president that:
- (i) requires the board to create, or delegate to the technical college board of trustees to create, a search committee that:
- (A) includes board members and at least as many members from the technical college board of trustees as members from the board; and
- (B) may include technical college faculty, students, or other individuals;
- (ii) requires the search committee to seek nominations, interview candidates, and forward qualified candidates to the board for consideration;
- (iii) provides for at least two members of the technical college board of trustees to participate in the board's interviews of finalists;
- (iv) provides for the board to vote to appoint a technical college president in a meeting that complies with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act; and
- (v) provides for the commissioner to provide staff support for a search committee.
- (i) requires the board to create, or delegate to the technical college board of trustees to create, a search committee that:
- (c)
- (i) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), a record or information gathered or generated during the search process for a technical college president, including a candidate's application and the search committee's deliberations, is confidential and is a protected record under Section 63G-2-305.
- (ii) Application materials for a publicly named finalist are not protected records under Section 63G-2-305.
- (2)
- (a) A technical college president shall serve as the chief executive officer of the technical college.
- (b) A technical college president does not need to have a doctorate degree, but shall have extensive experience in career and technical education.
- (c) A technical college president is subject to regular review and evaluation administered by the board, in consultation with the technical college board of trustees, through a process approved by the board.
- (d) A technical college president serves at the pleasure of the board.
- (e) The board, in consultation with a technical college board of trustees, shall set the compensation for the technical college president using market survey information.
- (3) A technical college president shall:
- (a) serve as the executive officer of the technical college board of trustees;
- (b) administer the day-to-day operations of the technical college;
- (c) consult with the technical college board of trustees;
- (d) administer human resource policies and employee compensation plans in accordance with the requirements of the board; and
- (e) manage the technical college president's institution as part of the Utah system of higher education.
Amended by Chapter 365, 2020 General Session
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