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Senate committee advances bill changing governing boards at WV public universities after debate over voting representatives
Summary
The Senate Government Organization Committee voted to report House Bill 3279 to the full Senate after adopting an amendment that standardizes quorum rules and following a brief public statement from a WVU faculty board member who opposed removing voting rights for faculty, staff and student board members.
The West Virginia Senate Government Organization Committee on a meeting day advanced House Bill 3279 to the full Senate after adopting an amendment that changes how quorums are calculated and alters membership rules for public university governing boards.
House Bill 3279 would change the composition of institutional boards of governors at several public higher-education institutions. The engrossed bill, as explained in committee, would: require one member on both the West Virginia University (WVU) Board of Governors and the West Virginia State University Board of Governors to have a background in agriculture, forestry or silvicultural science; make faculty, student and employee representatives advisory, nonvoting members; limit those faculty and employee…
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