(1) The director, with consultation by the advisory board, shall use the following criteria to determine the priority of the data research requests the center receives:
- (a) the type of requester;
- (b) the potential of the requester's research to lead to meaningful policy changes or other meaningful impacts for members of the general public; and
- (c) the availability of the data being requested.
- (2) The director, with consultation by the advisory board, shall evaluate the criteria described in Subsection (1) and assign a numerical score for each data research request. The data research request with the highest score shall be given the highest priority. Remaining data research requests are sorted in order thereafter.
- (3) The director, with consultation by the advisory board, may, in the director's discretion, deviate from the criteria described in Subsection (1) if the requester makes a showing of compelling public interest sufficient to justify deviating from the criteria.
KEY: Utah Board of Higher Education, Utah Data Research Advisory Board, data research program
Date of Last Change: April 7, 2026
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 53H-15-303