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House refuses to concur with Senate changes that would convert applied-technology centers to stand-alone colleges
Summary
Late-night debate over House Bill 34 centered on a Senate substitution that would create five new applied-technology colleges under Board of Regents governance; members said the change was substantive, lacked public hearings and could disrupt existing high-school and center programs. The House voted to refuse to concur and sent the matter back to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives voted on Feb. 28 to refuse to concur with Senate amendments to House Bill 34, a late-session substitution that would convert several applied-technology centers into stand-alone applied-technology colleges and move governance under the Board of Regents.
Representative Stevens, who led the motion to refuse to concur, told colleagues the Senate’s substitute was a ‘‘substantial change’’ rolled out at about 5:03 a.m. on the final night of the session and that members had not had a public hearing on what he described as a major shift in governance.…
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