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Senate advances first substitute to merge Utah higher-education boards into single governing body
Summary
Senators voted to advance a first substitute of SB 111 that would merge the UTech and UHI governance systems into one board, creating an advisory council with faculty and industry representatives and preserving technical-college roles; the first substitute passed 25–1 and moves to third reading.
Senator Miller presented first substitute Senate Bill 111 on the Senate floor, saying the measure would “help us really think about higher education for the next 2 or 3 decades in Utah” by merging the UTech and UHI governance systems under one board to streamline student pathways between technical colleges and degree-granting institutions.
The sponsor described a structure that begins with initial appointments drawn from existing UTech and UHI boards, adds two student members (one technical-college student and one…
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