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S1378..........................................................by EDUCATION
EASTERN IDAHO TECHNICAL COLLEGE - Amends existing law to clarify the course
offerings and granting of degrees at Eastern Idaho Technical College.
02/02 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/03 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/17 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-1-2
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, Noh, Parry, Richardson,
Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Stennett, Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs,
Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--Crow
Absent and excused--McLaughlin, Sorensen
Floor Sponsors - Hansen, Burtenshaw
Title apvd - to House
02/18 House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/04 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/05 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/12 3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase,
Clark, Crane, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20),
Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake,
Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller,
Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger,
Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor,
Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Crow, Jones(9), Kellogg, Tilman
Floor Sponsor - Gagner
Title apvd - to Senate
03/13 To enrol
03/16 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/16 Sp signed
03/17 To Governor
03/18 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 85
Effective: 07/01/98
S1378|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1378 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO EASTERN IDAHO TECHNICAL COLLEGE; AMENDING SECTION 33-2208, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY, TO CLARIFY USE OF ACADEMIC INSTRUC- 4 TION AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING SECTION 33-2210, IDAHO 5 CODE, TO CLARIFY THAT INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE 6 STATE BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE GRANTING OF AN 7 ASSOCIATE DEGREE OF APPLIED SCIENCE; AND AMENDING SECTION 33-2211, IDAHO 8 CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE GRANTING OF AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OF APPLIED SCI- 9 ENCE AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 11 SECTION 1. That Section 33-2208, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 12 amended to read as follows: 13 33-2208. EASTERN IDAHO TECHNICAL COLLEGE CREATED. There is hereby estab- 14 lished in Bonneville County, Idaho apost-secondary vocational school15postsecondary technical college to be designated and known 16 as the Eastern Idaho Technical College, consisting of such vocational and 17 technical training programs, including academic courses 18 necessarily included in such programs as the state board for vocational 19 education may, from time to time authorize. 20 SECTION 2. That Section 33-2210, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 21 amended to read as follows: 22 33-2210. PROGRAMS AND COURSES OFFERED -- CERTIFICATES23OF COMPLETIONAND DEGREES . The Eastern Idaho Technical 24 College shall offer and give instruction in vocational and technical 25 programs or courses asare usually included in post-secondary26vocational schoolsapproved by the state board for vocational 27 education . Such courses or programs may be given or conducted on or off 28 campus, or in night school, summer school, or by extension courses. The state 29 board for vocational education shall grant certificatesof completion30or associate of applied science degrees for successful 31 completion of courses or programs prescribed by the college. 32 SECTION 3. That Section 33-2211, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 33 amended to read as follows: 34 33-2211. POWERS OF STATE BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. The state board 35 for vocational education shall have the power: 36 1. To adopt rulesand regulationsfor its own government and 37 the government of the Eastern Idaho Technical College; 38 2. To employ professional and nonprofessional persons and to prescribe 39 their qualifications; 2 1 3. To acquire and hold, and to dispose of, real and personal property, 2 and to construct, repair, remodel and remove buildings; 3 4. To contract for the acquisition, purchase or repair of buildings, in 4 the manner prescribed for trustees of school districts; 5 5. To dispose of real and personal property in the manner prescribed for 6 trustees of school districts; 7 6. To convey and transfer real property of the college upon which no 8 buildings used for instruction are situated, to nonprofit corporations, school 9 districts, community college housing commissions, counties or municipalities, 10 with or without consideration; to rent real or personal property for the use 11 of the college, its students or faculty, for such terms as may be determined 12 by the state board for vocational education; and to lease real or personal 13 property of the college not actually in use for instructional purposes on such 14 terms as may be determined by the state board for vocational education; 15 7. To acquire, hold, and dispose of, water rights; 16 8. To accept grants or gifts of money, materials, or property of any kind 17 from any governmental agency, or from any person, firm, or association, on 18 such terms as may be determined by the grantor; 19 9. To cooperate with any governmental agency, or any person, firm or 20 association in the conduct of any educational program; to accept grants from 21 any source for the conduct of such program, and to conduct such program on, or 22 off, campus; 23 10. To employ a superintendent of the college and, with his advice, to 24 appoint such assistants, instructors, specialists and other employees as are 25 required for the operation of the college; to fix salaries and prescribe 26 duties; and to remove the superintendent or any other employee for cause; 27 11. With the advice of the superintendent, to prescribe the courses and 28 programs of study, the requirements for admission, the time and standards for 29 completion of such courses and programs, and to grant certificatesof30completionor associate of applied science degrees for 31 those students entitled thereto; 32 12. To employ architects or engineers in planning the construction, remod- 33 eling or repair of any building or property and, whenever no other agency is 34 designated by law so to do, to let contracts for such construction, remodeling 35 or repair and to supervise the work thereof; 36 13. To have at all times, general supervision and control of all property, 37 real and personal, appertaining to the college, and to insure the same.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 07754
This legislation is designed to maintain the current
status quo at Eastern Idaho Technical College (EITC). A
recent Deputy Attorney General's review of the enabling act
shows that EITC lacks the statutory authority to teach
academic components of the EITC vocational programs and that
EITC lacks the authority to award Associate of Applied
Science degrees. EITC has been doing both of these for many
years (since the late 1980's) with the approval of the State
Board of Education sitting as the Board for Vocational
Education. The statutes need to be updated.
No new programs or academic courses are contemplated or
allowed by these changes nor do these changes grant
"community college,' or "junior college" status to EITC. EITC
will not have the authority to offer "general" academic
courses but only those academic courses necessary and
incidental to its vocational/technical programs. The changes
are designed to merely maintain the current operations.
FISCAL NOTE
None. This bill only maintains current operations.CONTACT: Dr. Gregory Fitch, Executive
Director Idaho State Board of
Education 334-2270
Senator John Hansen
332-1319
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
Bill No S 1378