53H-13-202. State online career counseling program.

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Effective 10/14/2025

(1)The board shall develop and administer a state online career counseling program in accordance with this section.

(2)The board shall ensure, as funding allows and is feasible, that the program:

(a)allows a student user to:

(i)access, subject to Subsection

(3), information about an education provider or a scholarship provider;

(ii)access information about different career opportunities and understand the related educational requirements to enter that career;

(iii)access information about education providers;

(iv)access up to date information about entrance requirements to education providers; and

(v)research open jobs from different companies within the user's career interest and apply for those jobs without having to leave the website to do so;

(b)allows all users to:

(i)access information about different career opportunities and understand the related educational requirements to enter that career;

(ii)access information about education providers; and

(iii)access up-to-date information about entrance requirements to education providers;

(c)allows an education provider to:

(i)request that the program send information to student users who are interested in various educational opportunities;

(ii)promote the education provider's programs and schools to student users; and

(iii)connect with student users within the program's website;

(d)allows a Utah business to:

(i)request that the program send information to student users who are pursuing educational opportunities that are consistent with jobs the Utah business is trying to fill now or in the future; and

(ii)market jobs and communicate with student users through the program's website as allowed by law; and

(e)provide analysis and reporting on student user interests and education paths within the education system.

(3)A student may access information described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) only if the program obtains written consent:

(a)of a student's parent or legal guardian through the student's school or LEA; or

(b)for a student who is 18 years old or older or an emancipated minor, from the student.

(4)The board:

(a)may charge a fee to a Utah business for services provided by the program under this section; and

(b)shall establish a fee described in Subsection (4)(a) in accordance with Section 63J-1-504 .

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8 , 2025 Special Session 1