HB 189

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1Technical Colleges Funding Amendments
  2026 GENERAL SESSION
  STATE OF UTAH
  Chief Sponsor: Christine F. Watkins
  Senate Sponsor:
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3   LONG TITLE
4   General Description:
5This bill requires the inclusion of certain factors for certain funding formulas for technical
6   colleges.
7   Highlighted Provisions:
8This bill:
9▸ requires the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee to ensure the inclusion of
10   certain factors in certain funding formulas for technical colleges; and
11▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
12   Money Appropriated in this Bill:
13None
14   Other Special Clauses:
15None
16   Utah Code Sections Affected:
17   AMENDS:
1853H-1-402, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session,
19Chapter 8
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21   Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
22Section 1. Section 53H-1-402 is amended to read:
2353H-1-402 . Reports to and actions of the Higher Education Appropriations
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24   Subcommittee.
25   (1) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 68-3-14, the following recurring
26reports are due to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee:
27(a) the reports described in Sections 53H-1-502, 53H-1-503, and 53H-1-504;
28(b) the reports described in Section 53H-1-203 by the board on:
29(i) system wide responses to changing demographics and workforce; and
30(ii) the board's activities and performance against the board's goals and metrics;
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31      (c) the report described in Section 53H-5-205;
32      (d) the report described in Section 53H-8-202 by the board on recommended
33appropriations for higher education institutions and the board, including the report
34described in Section 53H-11-406 by the board on the effects of offering nonresident
35partial tuition scholarships;
36      (e) the report described in Section 53H-8-306 by the Department of Workforce Services
37and the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity on targeted jobs;
38      (f) the reports described in Section 53H-8-303 by the board on performance;
39      (g) the report described in Section 53H-11-402 by the board on the Opportunity
40Scholarship Program;
41      (h) the report described in 53H-13-309 regarding the talent advisory councils;
42      (i) the report described in Section 53H-11-414 by the board on the Utah Promise
43Program;
44      (j) the report described in Section 53H-6-202 by the board on an institution
45compensating a student athlete for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or
46likeness;
47      (k) the report described in Section 53H-1-604 regarding the Higher Education and
48Corrections Council; and
49      (l) the report described in Section 53E-10-308 by the State Board of Education and
50board on student participation in the concurrent enrollment program.
51  (2) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 68-3-14, the following occasional
52      report is due to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee[:] , the board's report
53      regarding each institution's strategic reinvestment plan described in Section 53H-8-210.
54  (3) In accordance with applicable provisions, the Higher Education Appropriations
55      Subcommittee shall complete the following:
56      (a) an appropriation recommendation described in Section 53H-1-504 regarding
57compliance with Subsections 53H-1-504(5) and (14); and
58      (b) as required by Section 53H-8-304, the review of performance funding described in
59Section 53H-8-304.
60  (4) In consultation with the board, the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
61      shall study a re-design of[:]
62      [(a)] the performance funding model described in Chapter 8, Part 3, Performance
63Funding, to better ensure:
64[(i)] (a) institutional alignment with the statewide system of higher education and the
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65institution's mission within the statewide system; and
66[(ii)] (b) investment in meeting localized and statewide workforce demands and securing
67post-graduation employment outcomes[; and] .
68   [(b)] (5) [enrollment-based funding, including,] Beginning May 6, 2026, the Higher
69Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall ensure that all non-statutory performance
70and growth funding formulas that contribute to appropriations for technical colleges[,
71funding distribution models that]:
72[(i)] (a) include equivalent funding value for secondary and adult students; and
73[(ii)] (b) reflect the full responsibility of the technical college's statutorily-required
74services.
75Section 2. Effective Date.
76   This bill takes effect on May 6, 2026.
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