Utah Code 53B-7-705. Determination of full new performance funding amount — Role of appropriations subcommittee — Program review
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(1) In accordance with this section, and based on money deposited into the account, the Legislature shall, as part of the higher education appropriations budget process, annually determine the full new performance funding amount for each:
Terms Used In Utah Code 53B-7-705
- Account: means the Performance Funding Restricted Account created in Section
53B-7-703 . See Utah Code 53B-7-702 - Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Board: means the Utah Board of Higher Education described in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5
- degree-granting institution: means an institution of higher education described in Subsection 53B-1-102(1)(a). See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5
- Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Full new performance funding amount: means the maximum amount of new performance funding that a degree-granting institution or technical college may qualify for in a fiscal year, determined by the Legislature in accordance with Section
53B-7-705 . See Utah Code 53B-7-702 - Full-time: means the number of credit hours the board determines is full-time enrollment for a student. See Utah Code 53B-7-702
- New performance funding: means the difference between the total amount of money in the account and the amount of money appropriated from the account for performance funding in the current fiscal year. See Utah Code 53B-7-702
- Performance: means total performance across the metrics described in Section
53B-7-706 . See Utah Code 53B-7-702 - Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Technical college: means :(8)(a) the same as that term is defined in Section
Utah Code 53B-7-702 (1)(a) degree-granting institution; and(1)(b) technical college.
(2) The Legislature shall annually allocate:
(2)(a) 80% of the money in the account to degree-granting institutions; and
(2)(b) 20% of the money in the account to technical colleges.
(3)
(3)(a) The Legislature shall determine a degree-granting institution’s full new performance funding amount based on the degree-granting institution’s prior year share of:
(3)(a)(i) full-time equivalent enrollment in all degree-granting institutions; and
(3)(a)(ii) the total state-funded appropriated budget for all degree-granting institutions.
(3)(b) In determining a degree-granting institution’s full new performance funding amount, the Legislature shall give equal weight to the factors described in Subsections (3)(a)(i) and (ii).
(4)
(4)(a) The Legislature shall determine a technical college’s full new performance funding amount based on the technical college’s prior year share of:
(4)(a)(i) full-time equivalent enrollment for all technical colleges; and
(4)(a)(ii) the total state-funded appropriated budget for all technical colleges.
(4)(b) In determining a technical college’s full new performance funding amount, the Legislature shall give equal weight to the factors described in Subsections (4)(a)(i) and (ii).
(5) Annually, at least 30 days before the first day of the legislative general session the board shall submit a report to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee on each degree-granting institution’s and each technical college’s performance.
(6)
(6)(a) In accordance with this Subsection (6), and based on the report described in Subsection (5), the Legislature shall determine for each degree-granting institution and each technical college:
(6)(a)(i) the portion of the full new performance funding amount earned; and
(6)(a)(ii) the amount of new performance funding to recommend that the Legislature appropriate, from the account, to the degree-granting institution or technical college.
(6)(b) A degree-granting institution or technical college earns the full new performance funding amount if the degree-granting institution or technical college meets the annual performance goals the board sets under Subsection 53B-7-706 (1)(a)(ii).
(6)(c) A degree-granting institution or technical college that does not meet the goals the board sets under Subsection 53B-7-706 (1)(a)(ii):
(6)(c)(i) is not eligible to receive the full new performance funding amount; and
(6)(c)(ii) is eligible to receive a prorated amount of the full new performance funding amount for performance that is greater than zero as measured by the model the board establishes under Subsection 53B-7-706 (1)(a)(i)(B).
(6)(d) If a degree-granting institution or technical college does not earn the full new performance funding amount as described in Subsection (6)(b), the Legislature:
(6)(d)(i) shall set aside the unearned new performance funding; and
(6)(d)(ii) may, at the end of an annual performance goal period within a five-year period for which the board sets goals under Subsection 53B-7-706 (1)(a)(ii), reallocate the funds set aside under Subsection (6)(d)(i) to a degree-granting institution or technical college that meets or exceeds the degree-granting institution’s or technical college’s:
(6)(d)(ii)(A) previous year’s annual performance goal; and
(6)(d)(ii)(B) performance goal that the institution previously failed to meet which caused the funding to be set aside.
(7) An appropriation described in this section is ongoing.
(8) Notwithstanding Section 53B-7-703 and Subsections (6) and (7), the Legislature may, by majority vote, appropriate or refrain from appropriating money for performance funding as circumstances require in a particular year.