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House approves bill to give governor role in selecting higher-education commissioners
Summary
The Utah House passed Senate Bill 39 after heated debate over whether giving the governor a formal role in selecting higher-education commissioners would politicize academic leadership; the measure passed 39–34 and goes back to the Senate.
The Utah House voted to approve Senate Bill 39, a measure that increases the governor’s role in selecting senior higher-education officials, after a floor debate that exposed deep reservations about politicizing academic appointments.
Representative Wright, the House sponsor, told colleagues the measure would change “the governance of the way that, higher education, our commissioner, and the state board of regions, over the higher ed is chosen,” arguing the change would improve…
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