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Committee backs bill directing regional alignment for Utah higher education, unanimously
Summary
Lawmakers advanced HB 352 after the sponsor and Commissioner Jeff Lambert described a regional, system-focused approach to reduce program duplication and improve student mobility; faculty and union witnesses asked for funded transition steps and faculty-led implementation oversight.
The House committee on Feb. 3 voted unanimously to favorably recommend HB 352, a bill directing the Utah System of Higher Education to pursue regional horizontal and vertical alignment after an Office of the Legislative Auditor General (OLAG) audit flagged program duplication and weak program-level oversight.
Sponsor Representative Peterson said the legislation is a first step requiring the system to build an organizational architecture for regional alignment and report back to the Legislature on progress. "This bill is just kind of the first step of,…
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