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W.Va. higher ed facing more changes under bill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Legislature is again attempting sweeping changes to the way West Virginia manages its public colleges and universities.
A Senate bill amended and passed 90-8 Friday by the House of Delegates would revamp policies at both the Higher Education Policy Commission and individual schools.
The higher ed agency would get a new system for managing personnel, based on a three-year study of best practices elsewhere. The bill would allow the agency to hire two new officials as part of that change.
The measure also scales back some independence recently granted West Virginia and Marshall universities, the state’s two largest schools. Smaller schools would see more flexibility.
Lawmakers have also reconfigured policies governing school research corporations.
