House of Representatives

SB 1318

regents; off-campus courses; report

Sponsors: Senator Bowers

X	Committee on Public Institutions and Universities
	Caucus and COW
	As Passed the House

SB 1318 requires the Arizona Board of Regents (Board) to issue a report describing its policies relating to off-campus courses.

History

Laws 1999, Chapter 148 modified the program evaluation process for Arizona state government, creating the Strategic Program Area Review (SPAR) process to provide an opportunity for the Governor and the Legislature to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of programs crossing state agency lines. These reviews are a permanent part of the biennial budget process and result in decisions to retain, eliminate or modify particular programs.

Laws 1999, Chapter 148 specified that Arizona Ports of Entry, Domestic Violence and University Extended Education were to be reviewed during the 2000 legislative session. In January of 2000, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) Staff and the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) released a joint report detailing the SPAR findings of each office. A portion of the executive summary, which includes the recommendations, is attached (see reverse).

[Source: Strategic Program Area Review, by OSPB and JLBC, January 2000.]

Provisions

· Requires the Board to issue a report by November 1, 2000 to the Governor, Senate President, House Speaker and the JLBC that includes a detailed description of the Board’s policy which relates to the use of off-campus courses, coordinating off-campus course offerings and efforts to ensure courses offered through alternative delivery methods are of comparable quality to those offered at the main campuses.

· Repeals the act on January 1, 2001.

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· 44th Legislature Analyst Initials _______

· Second Regular Session February 21, 2000

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