Senate hears competing views on bill to identify and review low‑enrollment degree programs
Senate Bill 59‑09 would require boards to list undergraduate programs averaging fewer than 10 graduates per year and, after three consecutive years, begin formal discontinuance review with teach‑out planning; public university faculty opposed numeric cutoff and warned of disproportionate impact on programs serving underrepresented students.
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Senator Matt Behnke introduced Senate Bill 59‑09 in the Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee, saying the measure would bring transparency, accountability and efficiency to public baccalaureate institutions by requiring governing boards to identify undergraduate degree programs averaging fewer than 10 graduates per academic year (five‑year average) and subject programs that appear on the list three consecutive years to a discontinuance review.
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