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Senate rejects amendment to restore voting rights for students, faculty and staff on public university boards
Summary
On House Bill 3279 (board composition at public institutions), the Senate debated and rejected an amendment to restore voting authority for student, faculty and staff representatives on institutional boards of governors; the amendment failed 14–19.
The West Virginia Senate debated House Bill 3279, which revises governing-board composition at public institutions of higher education, and rejected a floor amendment that would have restored voting rights for student, faculty and staff representatives at institutional boards of governors.
The amendment, offered by the senior senator from the thirteenth, would have reinstated voting authority for the student, faculty and staff representatives across institutions. The senator argued those representatives provide…
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