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Committee approves language restricting technical college construction without legislative approval

2145246 · January 23, 2025
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Summary

First substitute to HB 91 requires technical colleges to seek legislative approval before constructing career and technical education facilities or consenting to construction, while permitting pre‑legislative planning.

Representative Watkins presented the first substitute to House Bill 91, which changes how technical colleges request and obtain approval for new capital facilities. Under the revised language, a technical college may perform planning for new facilities and land purchases, but it may not approve or consent to the actual construction, design or financing of career and technical education facilities without legislative…

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