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Votes at a glance: Board of Regents meeting actions
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Summary
A roundup of formal votes taken at the Board of Regents January meeting, including bylaw amendment, audit plan change, HR 169 task force report, facilities capital additions, licensure items, and receipt of the teacher recruitment report.
The Board of Regents recorded multiple formal actions during its January meeting. Below are the items the board voted on, with brief notes on each outcome and where they were discussed.
• Ratify 2025 committee assignments — Motion passed (voice vote). The Chair asked for and received approval to ratify committee assignments; staff will update assignments in board materials.
• Approve minutes of the Dec. 11, 2024 meeting — Motion passed (voice vote).
• Amend bylaws (remove appointment to proprietary school advisory commission from nominating committee duties; amend rule BPP 4.1) — Motion passed (voice vote). General counsel Ooma presented the change to keep full‑board approval of appointments and remove the task from the nominating committee duties.
• Approve EisnerAmper updated internal audit plan (substitute HR function assessment for planned region audit function review) — Motion passed (voice vote). Audit firm updated its FY25 plan to assess HR processes statewide given personnel changes in regional audit functions.
• Approve additions to capital outlay budget (three projects added, including two Louisiana Tech projects and a Southern University Law Center annex) — Motion passed (voice vote). Staff described bids that exceeded original estimates and requested budget authority for additional amounts as needed.
• Approve consent agenda small capital projects — Motion passed (voice vote). Five small capital projects (construction cost ≤ $1 million) were reported and approved as a consent item.
• Approve HR 169 task force report (faculty/staff retirement options and recommendations) — Motion passed (voice vote). The task force recommended six items including statutory language updates, extension of decision windows for retirement plan transfers, establishment of ORP representation on TRSL advisory structures, potential employer contribution increases, study of phased retirement, and optional TRSL membership for certain older hires.
• Approve licensure for two out‑of‑state degree‑granting institutions (Herzing University, Lake Erie College) — Motion passed (voice vote). Staff confirmed institutions meet state licensing requirements to operate in Louisiana, including any face‑to‑face lab or student teaching components.
• Approve four academic programs (radiologic technology at Fletcher TCC; respiratory care at SOWELA TCC; AAS patient navigator at Northshore TCC; BA digital media arts at Southern University A&M) — Motion passed (voice vote). Programs were presented with employer partnerships and local demand.
• Approve Center for Comparative Oncology (LSU Health Sciences and School of Veterinary Medicine) — Motion passed (voice vote). Board approved creation of research center linking animal and human cancer research to support translational studies and NCI application efforts.
• Receive 2024 Teacher Recruitment, Recovery and Retention Task Force report and authorize submission to the legislature — Motion passed (voice vote). The report noted increases in certification and pipeline activity and recommended continued work on paraprofessional‑to‑teacher pathways, residency/apprenticeship pilots, and retention strategies.
Items passed by voice vote were presented and approved with no roll‑call tallies published in the meeting transcript. When the transcript records a specific dissent, that fact is noted (for example, the funding formula debate recorded one “no” from the LSU system during the formula vote). Where movers or seconders were identified in the public record, that information is recorded in meeting minutes and summarized here.
