University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 17, 1987
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THE FAR SIDE
By GARY LARSON
Flamingo toughs
Regents discuss expansion
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School officials discuss admitting community colleges
By MICHAEL HORAK Staff writer
TOPEKA—Representatives from the Kansas Board of Regents and the state Board of Education met yesterday to discuss the implications of bringing Kansas community colleges into the Regents system.
The ten-member Board of Education now sets policy for the state's 19 community colleges, but a bill approved last spring by the House and now before a Senate subcommittee would transfer that authority to the Regents.
Yesterday's meeting at the Department of Education was intended to exchange information and views on the governance issue. Two members from each board and their aides attended.
"Last spring this issue of governance was a hot issue in the Legislature." Regent Richard Reinhardt said at the beginning of the meeting. "We thought it would be valuable for both boards to sit down and talk about what would be best for Kansas college students. By getting together and discussing some of these issues, maybe we can give some input to the Legislature."
Lengthy pauses were common at the beginning of the meeting as members from both boards carefully worded their comments, but an informal discussion developed and members of both boards spoke candidly about their views.
Their concerns centered on two key points — administration of vocational and technical courses taught at community colleges and the control that the education board exerts on its schools.
Under the House bill, the education board would continue to administer vocational courses at community colleges, while the Regents would control the schools the courses were taught in. The education board administers all high school and community college vocational education programs in the state.
Reinhardt said he was concerned about the plan, saying that it would be difficult to have a dual authority over academic programs at one school. He said he preferred to see the Regents take the responsibility of community college administration of the vocational programs and allow the education board to set policy for high school courses.
Members from both boards pledged to work closely together to make any administration change more feasible, and again this fall to discuss the issue.
But Dale Dennis, assistant commissioner for the division of finance with the board, said that would be unwise. He said that high school and college students often were mixed in the same vocational classes and that separating them would be nearly impossible.
Education board members William Musick and Kathleen White told the Regents about the relationship the education board had with its community colleges.
The Regents would have to become accustomed to dealing with those trustees if they took over community affairs, education board members said.
County property taxes, state financing and tuition revenues pay for the community colleges, White said. Because of the county investment in the schools, local administration is directed though local boards of trustees.
The Senate committee may consider the issue when it convenes in the spring.
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