Reports to and actions of the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee.

(1) In accordance with applicable provisions and Section 68-3-14, the following recurring reports are due to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee: (a) the reports described in Sections 53H-1-502, 53H-1-503, and 53H-1-504, regarding prohibited discriminatory practices, submissions, and training; (b) the reports described in Section 53H-1-203 by the board on: (i) system wide responses to changing demographics and workforce; and (ii) the board's activities and performance against the board's goals and metrics; (c) the report described in Section 53H-5-205; (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; (e) the report described in Section 53H-8-211 by the board on the Higher Education Research Funding Pilot Program; (f) the report described in Section 53H-8-306 by the Department of Workforce Services on high-demand jobs; (g) the reports described in Section 53H-8-303 by the board on performance; (h) the report described in Section 53H-11-402 by the board on the Opportunity Scholarship Program; (i) the report described in Section 53H-13-309 regarding the talent advisory councils; (j) the report described in Section 53H-11-414 by the board on the Utah Promise Program; (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; (l) the report described in Section 53H-1-604 regarding the Higher Education and Corrections Council; and (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) 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) In accordance with applicable provisions, the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee shall: (a) complete the following: (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 (ii) as required by Section 53H-8-304, the review of performance funding described in Section 53H-8-304; and (b) ensure that all non-statutory performance and growth funding formulas that contribute to appropriations for technical colleges: (i) include equivalent funding value for secondary and adult students; and (ii) reflect the full responsibility of the technical college's statutorily-required services. (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) The board shall: (a) complete a technical college capacity funding framework study for institutions described in Subsection 53H-3-602(1)(b)(iv) that contemplates: (i) a process for identifying specific technical college programs eligible for state-funded capacity expansion; (ii) identifying, validating, and quantifying, by institution and program, unmet: (A) student demand, including secondary and postsecondary students; and (B) employer demand for graduates; (iii) methodology for establishing the amount and timing of state-funded capacity appropriations, including whether the appropriations are retrospective or prospective; (iv) the availability of alternative funding sources to support capacity expansions; (v) mechanisms for the return of state funds if an institution does not achieve capacity gains; and (vi) how the capacity framework comports with: (A) enrollment funding, as described in Section 53H-8-212; and (B) performance funding, as described in Chapter 8, Part 3, Performance Funding; and (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.