R710-10-8. Utah Fire and Rescue Academy

  (1) The primary fire service training school shall be known as the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy.

  (2) The director of the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy shall report to the administrator the activities of the academy with regard to completion of the agreed academy contract.

  (3) The academy director may recommend to the administrator or coordinator new or expanded standards regarding fire suppression, fire prevention, public fire education, safety, certification, and any other items of necessary interest about the academy.

  (4) The academy shall receive approval from the administrator, after being presented to the Standards and Training Council, any substantial changes in academy training programs that vary from the agreed contract.

  (5) The academy director shall provide to the coordinator by October 1st of each year, a numerical summary of those career, volunteer/part-paid, and non-affiliated students attending the academy in the following categories:

  (a) Those who have received certification during the previous contract period at each certification level.

  (b) Those who have received an academic degree in any Fire Science category in the previous contract period.

  (c) Those who have completed other academy classes during the previous contract period.

  (6) The academy director shall provide to the coordinator by October 1st of each year, a numerical comparison of the categories required in Subsection R710-10-8(5), comparing attendance in the previous contract period.

  (7) The academy director shall provide to the coordinator by October 1st of each year, in accepted budgeting practices, the following:

  (a) A cost analysis of classes to include the total spent for each class title, the average cost per class, the number of classes delivered, the number of participants per class title, and the cost per participant for each class title provided by the academy.

  (b) A budget summary comparing amounts budgeted to actual expenditures for each budget code funded by the contract.

  (8) The academy director shall provide to the coordinator by October 1st of each year, a numerical summary of those students attending academy courses in the following categories:

  (a) Non-affiliated personnel enrolled in college courses.

  (b) Career fire service personnel enrolled in college credit courses.

  (c) Volunteer and part-paid fire service personnel enrolled in college credit courses.

  (d) Non-affiliated personnel enrolled in non-credit continuing education courses.

  (e) Career fire service personnel enrolled in non-credit continuing education courses.

  (f) Volunteer and part-paid fire service personnel enrolled in non-credit continuing education courses.

  (9) The academy director shall present to the coordinator by January of each year, proposals to be incorporated in the academy contract for the next fiscal year.