Section R402-2-4 - Council Leadership, Staff, and Subcommittee Requirements(1)(a) Two voting members of the council shall serve as chair and chair elect.(b) Chair and chair elect shall serve for a period of two years and rotate off in alternating years to ensure continuity.(c) One chair shall rotate from either the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Workforce Services, and the Utah State Board of Education, or the Governor's Office.(d) The second chair shall be elected from the body at large and cannot be from one of the agencies listed or staff of the Early Childhood Utah Program.(e) Chair and chair elect shall conduct meetings of the council.(2) The executive committee is composed of chairs and chairs elect of each subcommittee and the chair and chair elect of the council. The executive committee shall: (a) provide guidance to subcommittees and perspectives needed to inform that subcommittee's priorities;(b) ensure formalized recommendations to the overseeing Departments regarding policy or budgetary impacts that include feedback collected from state agencies and programs and partners potentially affected by the recommendation;(c) review priority areas of the subcommittees to ensure their work includes those tasks required by federal and state early childhood guidelines and regulations;(d) review proposals and recommendations submitted by the individual subcommittees, vote on recommendations and send recommendations back to subcommittees, as needed; and(e) execute additional tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the council.(3)(a) The council shall establish and review subcommittees during the first quarterly meeting of the state fiscal year.(b) Each voting member of the council shall serve on at least one standing committee, based on the committee member's area of expertise.(c) Each subcommittee shall have one chair and one chair elect. The voting subcommittee elects chairs by a simple majority vote.(4) The Department of Health and Human Services, Early Childhood Utah Program, shall serve as staff to the council.Utah Admin. Code R402-2-4
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-01, effective 12/28/2023