Section R765-264-3 - Definitions(1) "Designated employee" means the person designated by an institution to handle requests for religious accommodations. At a degree-seeking institution, the designated employee shall be the instructor for the course for which a student seeks a religious accommodation. At a technical college the designated employee may be someone given responsibility to work with instructors to address requests for religious accommodations.(2) "Institution" means an institution of higher education under Subsection 53B-2-101(1).(3)(a) "Religious accommodation" means a schedule modification of an examination or academic requirement because of the student's faith, conscience, or participation in an organized activity under the student's religious tradition or religious organization.(b) "Religious accommodation" may include rescheduling or providing a make-up exam, rescheduling a student's in-class presentation, allowing a make-up assignment to substitute for missed class work, changing a course assignment's due date, or excusing an absence from the course.(4) "Religious tradition" means a religious, non-religious, theistic, or non-theistic moral or ethical tradition.(5) "Sincerely held belief" means a religious, non-religious, theistic, or non-theistic moral or ethical belief.(6) "Undue hardship" means significant difficulty.Utah Admin. Code R765-264-3
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-05, effective 2/14/2024