53B-4-103 - Commissioners -- Duties -- Records of academic progress -- Cancellation of student registration. - Utah Statutes

53B-4-103. Commissioners -- Duties -- Records of academic progress --Cancellation of student registration.
(1) The commissioners are the three resident members from the state of Utah, required byArticle IV of the compact, and are authorized to function as representatives of the state on theWestern Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
(2) The commissioners' duties are as follows:
(a) to study the need for professional and graduate educational facilities not availablewithin this state;
(b) to recommend appropriations to meet the needs of this act;
(c) to provide for screening of all applicants for professional, graduate, or highereducational study not available within the state in accordance with established rules; and
(d) to certify to out of state institutions under the compact all acceptable candidates.
(3) An applicant may not be certified unless the applicant has been a bona fide resident ofthe state for at least the five years prior to the date of application.
(4) (a) Students must maintain continuous Utah residency during their attendance at anout of state institution in order to receive financial support under the compact.
(b) If Utah residency is terminated by a student during any academic year in which thestudent has received financial support under the compact, the support shall be relinquished andterminated at the end of that academic year.
(5) (a) The Commissioner of Higher Education shall maintain records of the academicprogress of Utah students receiving financial support under the compact while attending out ofstate institutions.
(b) If the records reveal a student is not progressing satisfactorily, upon recommendationof the out of state institution, the commissioner shall cancel the student's registration and withholdfuture payments otherwise due.

Amended by Chapter 74, 1997 General Session