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[Bill] HB190 [Title / Chief Sponsor] State System of Higher Education Amendments John Dougall [General Description] This bill amends provisions relating to the governance and operation of the State System of Higher Education, creates a tax credit for higher education tuition and fees, and modifies a tax credit for contributions to a Utah Educational Savings Plan Trust account. [Highlighted Provisions] 
This bill: allows members of the State Board of Regents to participate in the state risk pool of the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program on an individual basis, and provides that a member of the State Board of Regents who elects to participate in the health insurance program is responsible for both the employer and employee payments required for an active state employee; grants authority to the governor to appoint a commissioner of higher education; grants authority to the board of trustees of a higher education institution to appoint a president for the institution; directs the governor to appoint the members of the board of trustees of a higher education institution, except the Utah College of Applied Technology, from a list of nominees submitted by the institution's board of trustees; grants authority to the board of trustees of a higher education institution, without approval of the State Board of Regents, to: establish and define the role of the institution in providing undergraduate programs, undergraduate degrees, and non-degree programs; change the undergraduate curriculum; and set tuition and fees; allows a claimant to claim a nonrefundable tax credit against 25% of the claimant's state income tax liability for expenses incurred by the claimant to enroll in an institution within the state system of higher education, and allows the claimant to carry forward the tax credit if the amount of the tax credit exceeds 25% of the claimant's tax liability for the taxable year; and allows a claimant under age 19 to claim a tax credit for a contribution to a Utah Educational Savings Plan Trust an account in amount equal to the claimant's state income tax liability.
Utah State University
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