Title 53H, Title 53H: Higher Education

53H-1-203. Establishment of board -- Powers, duties, and authority -- Reports. (1) There is established the Utah Board of Higher Education, which: is the governing board for the institutions of higher education; and controls, oversees, and regulates the Utah System of Higher Educ…

53H-1-204. Membership of the board -- Student appointee -- Terms -- Oath -- Officers -- Committees -- Bylaws -- Meetings -- Quorum -- Vacancies -- Compensation -- Training. (1) The board consists of 10 residents of the state whom the governor appoints with the advice and consent …

53H-1-205. Board Member Qualifications. (1) The board shall develop qualifications for the composition of the board to ensure that combined, the board members have: a range of experience, including experience in industry; varied areas of expertise; and varied geographic represent…

53H-1-206. Committees. The board may form committees to support the board in fulfilling the board's duties.

53H-1-207. Coordination of higher education and public education information technology systems -- Use of unique student identifier. (1) As used in this section: "Center" means the Utah Data Research Center created in Section. 53H-15-202 "Unique student identifier" means the same…

53H-1-208. Board guidance to degree-granting institutions on student housing. The board shall make policies or otherwise provide to each degree-granting institution guidance regarding the degree-granting institution's student housing, including: (1) compliance with the requiremen…

53H-1-209. Standardized systems prescribed by the board. The board shall prescribe for all institutions under its jurisdiction standardized systems of accounts, records, and reports covering in sufficient detail the operations of the institutions under its control.

53H-1-210. Utah Board of Higher Education successor to rights and duties. (1) The Utah Board of Higher Education is the successor to and is vested with all rights, duties, obligations, and liabilities to which the Utah Board of Higher Education's predecessor governing boards, the…

53H-1-301. General Provisions -- Definitions. Reserved.

53H-1-302. Appointment of commissioner of higher education -- Qualifications -- Associate commissioners -- Duties -- Office. (1) The board, upon approval from the governor and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a commissioner of higher education to serve at …

53H-1-303. Appointment and hiring of staff. (1) The commissioner may appoint and hire a staff of professional, legal, and administrative personnel. (2) The commissioner shall determine salaries, retirement provisions, and other benefits for the staff described in this section.

53H-1-401. General Provisions -- Definitions. Reserved.

53H-1-402. Reports to and actions of the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee. (1) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section, the following recurring reports are due to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee: 68-3-14 the reports described in Sections,…

53H-1-403. Other required reports to the Legislature or state level entities. (1) The following entities shall submit reports to the Education Interim Committee as described in each referenced section: the board shall submit: an annual report regarding the board's activities and …

53H-1-404. Oaths of office. Notwithstanding Section, except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual whom one of the following appoints or employs is not required to take an official oath of office: (1) the board; (2) the commissioner; (3) an institution; (4) an institu…

53H-1-501. General Provisions -- Definitions. Reserved.

53H-1-502. Prohibition on the use of certain submissions in higher education -- Exceptions. (1) As used in this section: "Prohibited submission" means a submission, statement, or document that requires an individual to articulate the individual's position, view, contribution, eff…

53H-1-503. Prohibition on the use of certain training in higher education -- Exceptions. (1) As used in this section: "Prohibited training" means a mandatory instructional program that: an institution requires the institution's employees, prospective employees, students, or prosp…

53H-1-504. Prohibited discriminatory practices -- Restrictions -- Campus climate survey -- Exceptions. (1) As used in this section: "Important government interest" includes a governmental purpose relating to: athletic competition or athletic safety in public education; or privacy…

53H-1-601. General Provisions -- Definitions. Reserved.

53H-1-602. Engineering and Computer Technology Initiative. (1) The commissioner of higher education, under the direction of the board shall develop, establish, and maintain an Engineering and Computer Science Initiative within the state system of higher education to increase the …

53H-1-603. Incentive program for engineering, computer science, and related technology faculty. (1) The Legislature shall provide an annual appropriation to help fund the faculty incentive component of the Engineering and Computer Science Initiative established under Section. 53H…

53H-1-604. Higher Education and Corrections Council. (1) As used in this section: "Correctional facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 64-13-1 "Council" means the Higher Education and Corrections Council created in this section. "Department" means the Depart…

53H-1-701. General Provisions -- Definitions. Reserved.

53H-1-702. WICHE compact. As empowered by law, the governor of Utah has duly entered into a compact the text of which is as follows:Whereas, the future of this Nation and of the Western States is dependent upon the quality of the education of its youth; andWhereas, many of the We…

53H-1-702.1. WICHE Compact -- Commissioners -- Duties -- Records of academic progress -- Cancellation of student registration. (1) The commissioners are the three resident members from the state of Utah, required by Article IV of the compact, and are authorized to function as rep…

53H-1-703. Interstate reciprocity agreement regarding postsecondary distance education courses. (1) As used in this section: "Distance education" means instruction offered by a means where the student and faculty member are in separate physical locations. "Eligible Institution" m…

53H-2-101. General Provisions -- Definitions. Reserved.

53H-2-102. Application to private institutions. (1) Except as expressly provided, the provisions of this title do not apply to a private postsecondary educational institution. (2) The following sections of this title expressly provide for application to a private postsecondary ed…

53H-3-1001. General provisions -- Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Cooperating employer" means a public or private entity which, as part of a work experience and career exploration program offered through an institution of higher education, provides interns with training a…

53H-3-1002. Higher education internships. An institution of higher education may offer internships in connection with work experience and career exploration programs operated in accordance with rules of the board.

53H-3-1003. Interns -- Workers' compensation medical benefits -- Risk management. (1) An intern participating in an internship under Sectionis considered to be a volunteer worker of the sponsoring institution of higher education solely for purposes of: 53H-3-1002 receiving worker…

53H-3-1004. Internship programs -- Criminal background checks. An institution of higher education shall require an officer or employee of the institution or a cooperating employer, who will be given significant unsupervised access to a minor student in connection with the student…

53H-3-1005. Recognition of participation in internship program. A cooperating employer may: (1) be given appropriate recognition by an institution of higher education, including the posting of the employer's name and a short description of the employer's business in an appropriat…

53H-3-101. General provisions -- Definitions. Reserved.

53H-3-102. Institutions of higher education -- Corporate bodies -- Powers. (1) The institutions of higher education and the board listed in Sectionare bodies politic and corporate with perpetual succession and with all rights, immunities, and franchises necessary to function as s…

53H-3-1101. General provisions -- Definitions. Reserved.

53H-3-1102. Curricula at the community colleges. (1) The curricula at the colleges shall include career and technical education, courses of a general nature which can be transferred to other higher education institutions, adult and continuing education, and developmental educatio…

53H-3-1103. Qualifications for entrance to community colleges -- Preference to veterans. (1) A community college shall give enrollment preference to veterans who furnish proof of other than a dishonorable discharge from the armed forces of the United States. (2) Admission at a co…

53H-3-1201. General provisions -- Definitions. Reserved.

53H-3-1202. Technical colleges service areas. The technical colleges described in Subsectionserve the geographic areas encompassing the following school districts: (1) for Bridgerland Technical College: the Box Elder School District; the Cache School District; the Logan School Di…

53H-3-1203. Technical colleges -- Duties. (1) Each technical college shall, within the geographic area served by the technical college: offer technical education programs; offer a program described in Subsectionat: (1)(a) low cost to adult students, as approved by the board; and …

53H-3-1204. Utah System of Technical Colleges -- Institutional name changes. (1) Beginning July 1, 2017: Bridgerland Applied Technology College shall be known as Bridgerland Technical College; Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College shall be known as Ogden-Weber Technical College;…

53H-3-1301. General provisions -- Definitions. Reserved.

53H-3-1302. Vaccination requirements -- Exemptions -- Face covering requirements. (1) An institution of higher education and the board described in Sectionmay not require proof of vaccination as a condition for enrollment or attendance unless the institution allows for the follow…

53H-3-1303. Restrictions on higher education entities bidding on architect or engineering services in public procurement projects. (1) As used in this section: "Architect-engineer services" means those professional services within the scope of the practice of architecture as defi…