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Utah lawmaker votes against an education bill he briefly sponsored

Without debate, House members voted 68-3 for HB300, which creates the nickname “UTech” for the Utah System of Technical Colleges and changes the method for selecting and removing members of the system’s Board of Trustees.

Creates the nickname "UTech" for the Utah System of Technical College. It also clarifies the hiring and firing of UTech campus presidents and the process for removing a UTech trustee for cause. - Read full text

A bill before the Utah Legislature to alter governance of the state’s higher education systems is intended to “harmonize” oversight of traditional colleges and universities with that of its technical colleges, says the measure’s sponsor, Sen.