Brown Bill Would Kill Higher Ed Coordinating Board
With a budget shortfall of historic proportions looming and legislators looking desperately for savings, state Rep. Fred Brown, R-Bryan, is proposing a drastic step: the elimination of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
“If there was ever a time to get this done, now’s the time,” says Brown, who has filed a bill that would shutter the agency. “There is going to be some really nice savings for the state, but that shouldn’t be the justification for the bill.”
The justification, he says, is that the state needs to begin thinking of K-12 and college as part of ...
Comments (7)
Anne Solomon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
OMG! Just abolish higher ed, except for football teams, and get it over with!
Laurissa James Grinnell via Texas Tribune on Facebook
How about we abolish the SBOE instead? If higher ed comes under the purview of that ridiculous board, I'll work two jobs to make sure my nephews go out of state for their college educations!
Debra Haas via Texas Tribune on Facebook
While there is considerable merit in creating linkages between public and higher education in Texas (right now, you can't even track a student from a public high school when they enter a state university through a single database) - turning higher ed over to the State Board of Education is not the answer.
George T. Contreras via Texas Tribune on Facebook
With the Master Tactitian Gov. Goodhair at the wheel, I am sure we can go from 48th to 47th. HELL let's try something new! ABOLISH IT!
Ben Martinez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
@George, you are being magnanimous, we'll probably go from 48th to 49th or 50th.
Jen Biundo via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Best headline ever.
Jordan Stewart via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Fred Brown, another fountain of brilliant ideas in Aggieland. This is the same guy that tried to privatize student health centers at universities in spite of the fact that they currently provide affordable healthcare to college students and in no instances have schools lost any significant money on them. Rick Perry's veto of that bill was one of the few things he did in this last term that I applauded. Maybe the Gov. will be the wise one in this case as well.