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;

   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-8-306 by the Department of Workforce Services and the Governor's Office of Economic Development on targeted jobs;
   6. (f) the reports described in Section 53H-8-303 by the board on performance;
   7. (g) the report described in Section 53H-11-402 by the board on the Opportunity Scholarship Program;
   8. (h) the report described in Section 53H-13-309 regarding the talent advisory councils;
   9. (i) the report described in Section 53H-11-414 by the board on the Utah Promise Program;
   10. (j) 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;
   11. (k) the report described in Section 53H-1-604 regarding the Higher Education and Corrections Council; and
   12. (l) 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 complete the following:

   1. (a) an appropriation recommendation described in Section 53H-1-504 regarding compliance with Subsections 53H-1-504(5) and (14); and
   2. (b) as required by Section 53H-8-304, the review of performance funding described in Section 53H-8-304.
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) In consultation with the board, the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall study a re-design of:

   1. (a) the performance funding model described in Chapter 8, Part 3, Performance Funding, to better ensure:

      1. (i) institutional alignment with the statewide system of higher education and the institution's mission within the statewide system; and
      2. (ii) investment in meeting localized and statewide workforce demands and securing post-graduation employment outcomes; and

   2. (b) enrollment-based funding, including, for technical colleges, funding distribution models that:

      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.

Amended by Chapter 343, 2026 General Session