1. (1) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 68-3-14, the following recurring reports are due to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee:

   1. (a) the reports described in Sections 53H-1-502, 53H-1-503, and 53H-1-504, regarding prohibited discriminatory practices, submissions, and training;

   2. (b) the reports described in Section 53H-1-203 by the board on:

      1. (i) system wide responses to changing demographics and workforce; and
      2. (ii) the board's activities and performance against the board's goals and metrics;
   3. (c) the report described in Section 53H-5-205;
   4. (d) the report described in Section 53H-8-202 by the board on recommended appropriations for higher education institutions and the board, including the report described in Section 53H-11-406 by the board on the effects of offering nonresident partial tuition scholarships;
   5. (e) the report described in Section 53H-8-211 by the board on the Higher Education Research Funding Pilot Program;
   6. (f) the report described in Section 53H-8-306 by the Department of Workforce Services on high-demand jobs;
   7. (g) the reports described in Section 53H-8-303 by the board on performance;
   8. (h) the report described in Section 53H-11-402 by the board on the Opportunity Scholarship Program;
   9. (i) the report described in Section 53H-13-309 regarding the talent advisory councils;
   10. (j) the report described in Section 53H-11-414 by the board on the Utah Promise Program;
   11. (k) the report described in Section 53H-6-202 by the board on an institution compensating a student athlete for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness;
   12. (l) the report described in Section 53H-1-604 regarding the Higher Education and Corrections Council; and
   13. (m) the report described in Section 53E-10-308 by the State Board of Education and board on student participation in the concurrent enrollment program.
2. (2) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 68-3-14, the board's report regarding each institution's strategic reinvestment plan described in Section 53H-8-210 is due, on occasion, to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee.

3. (3) In accordance with applicable provisions, the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall:

   1. (a) complete the following:

      1. (i) an appropriation recommendation described in Section 53H-1-504 regarding compliance with Subsections 53H-1-504(3)(c) and 53H-1-504(9)(a); and
      2. (ii) as required by Section 53H-8-304, the review of performance funding described in Section 53H-8-304; and

   2. (b) ensure that all non-statutory performance and growth funding formulas that contribute to appropriations for technical colleges:

      1. (i) include equivalent funding value for secondary and adult students; and
      2. (ii) reflect the full responsibility of the technical college's statutorily-required services.
4. (4) The Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall hear and prioritize any requests for capital facilities within the Utah System of Higher Education described in Section 53H-1-102, in accordance with Chapter 9, Part 5, General Capital Developments, and Chapter 9, Part 6, Technical College Leasing and Capital Development.

5. (5) The board shall:

   1. (a) complete a technical college capacity funding framework study for institutions described in Subsection 53H-3-602(1)(b)(iv) that contemplates:

      1. (i) a process for identifying specific technical college programs eligible for state-funded capacity expansion;

      2. (ii) identifying, validating, and quantifying, by institution and program, unmet:

         1. (A) student demand, including secondary and postsecondary students; and
         2. (B) employer demand for graduates;
      3. (iii) methodology for establishing the amount and timing of state-funded capacity appropriations, including whether the appropriations are retrospective or prospective;
      4. (iv) the availability of alternative funding sources to support capacity expansions;
      5. (v) mechanisms for the return of state funds if an institution does not achieve capacity gains; and

      6. (vi) how the capacity framework comports with:

         1. (A) enrollment funding, as described in Section 53H-8-212; and
         2. (B) performance funding, as described in Chapter 8, Part 3, Performance Funding; and
   2. (b) report the results of the study described in this Subsection (5), including any corresponding recommendations, to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee before October 1, 2026.

Amended by Chapter 138, 2026 General Session