Republican lawmakers aim to create separate state university governing boards
Saying the Board of Regents is “out of control” in its spending, two Republican representatives want to blow up the system and give each university its own governing board.
The plan by Mark Finchem of Oro Valley and Jill Norgaard of Phoenix would retain the board. But it would have only “general oversight of the university system but not direct oversight of the universities.”
Instead, HB2359 would give each school a five-member board, three of whom are appointed by the governor, one by the president of the Senate and one by the speaker of the House. Finchem said that should both bring spending under control and make education more affordable.
Finchem pointed out the Arizona Constitution “shall be as nearly free as possible.” Yet tuition for state residents is now north of $11,000, not counting various fees and surcharges.
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