Utah Code Title 63A. Utah Government Operations Code § 63A-5b-403. Institutions of higher education--Capital development projects--Dedicated and nondedicated projects--Recommendations and prioritization

(a) “Dedicated project” has the same meaning as that term is defined in:

(b) “Nondedicated project” has the same meaning as that term is defined in:

(2)(a) The division shall submit recommendations to the Legislature in accordance with:

(b) A dedicated project is not subject to prioritization by the division.

(3)(a) The division shall prioritize nondedicated projects in accordance with:

(b) In the division's scoring process for prioritizing nondedicated projects, the division shall give more weight to a request that is designated as a higher priority by the Utah Board of Higher Education than a request that is designated as a lower priority by the Utah Board of Higher Education only for determining the order of prioritization among requests submitted by the Utah Board of Higher Education.

(a) offer courses or other resources that will help meet demand for jobs, training, and employment in the current market and the projected market for the next five years;

(b) respond to individual skilled and technical job demand over the next three, five, and 10 years;

(c) respond to industry demands for trained workers;

(d) help meet commitments made by the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, including relating to training and incentives;

(e) respond to changing needs in the economy; and

(f) respond to demands for online or in-class instruction, based on demographics.

(b) assist the Utah Board of Higher Education to fulfill the requirements of Section 53B-2a-112 in connection with the finding that the division is required to make under Subsection 53B-2a-112(4)(b); and

(c) assist the Utah Board of Higher Education in submitting a list of dedicated projects to the division for approval and nondedicated projects to the division for recommendation and prioritization pursuant to Section 53B-22-204.