Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53B > Chapter 27 > Part 4 - Campus Anti-harassment

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Discriminatory harassment: means student-on-student speech that:
       (1)(a) is unwelcome;
       (1)(b) discriminates on the basis of a classification protected under federal or state law; and
       (1)(c) is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive, and that so undermines and distracts from a student's educational experience, that the student is effectively denied access to an institution's resource or opportunity. See Utah Code 53B-27-401
• institution: means an institution of higher education listed in Section 53B-1-102. See Utah Code 53B-27-102
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Student: means an individual enrolled at an institution. See Utah Code 53B-27-401
• Student-on-student speech: means verbal, written, or other communication that is:
            (3)(a)(i) communicated by a student; and
            (3)(a)(ii) directed at another student. See Utah Code 53B-27-401