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EXPLANATION:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 91,
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT, page 491, after line 24, by adding an
appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ 91.___. (leg: Board of
Regents Study) In the current fiscal
year and from the funds appropriated to the
House of Representatives and the Senate, there is
established a Board of Regents Feasibility study committee. The
Committee is composed of five members, one member appointed each
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President
Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Chairman of the House Education
and Public Works Committee, the Chairman of the Senate Education
Committee, and the Governor. The committee shall analzye the
potential benefits of devolving the Commission on Higher
Education on to a statewide Board of Regents to develop a
coordinated system of higher education, including the governance
of the state's public institutions of higher learning. Members
of the committee shall receive mileage, subsistence, and per
diem as is allowed for members of state boards. The staff of
the Commission on Higher Education must assist the study
committee as requested. The committee must report its findings
to the General Assembly by February 1, 2016, at which time the
committee is dissolved. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.