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House refers fifth substitute of HB 34 on applied-technology governance to Rules after debate
Summary
After hours of floor debate over governance, funding and local control, the Utah House voted 41–34 to refer the fifth substitute to House Bill 34 (Applied Technology Education Governance) to the Rules Committee and to ask the governor to consider a special session rather than concur with Senate amendments immediately.
The Utah House of Representatives debated the fifth substitute to House Bill 34 — a measure to establish the Utah College of Applied Technology and reorganize governance of applied-technology education — and voted to refer the measure to the Rules Committee rather than immediately concur with the Senate amendments.
Representative Cheryl Allen, the sponsor, moved that the House “concur with the senate and accept fifth substitute, house bill 34, applied technology education governance,” and gave a lengthy explanation of the bill’s provisions. Allen said the substitute creates a statewide Utah College of Applied Technology with a 15‑member board of trustees and, pointing members to the substitute language, highlighted a statutory commitment to “offer postsecondary and extra‑secondary curriculum with open entry, open exit, and that's competency based and curriculum at low cost to adults…
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