The Associated Press F or years, employees and alumni of other state universities have grumbled that the Kansas Board of Regents favors the University of Kansas and Kansas State University.
Some senators are ready to do something about the complaints.
The Senate Education Committee heard testimony Thursday on a bill that would require the nine-member board to have an alumnus from each of the six state universities. Chairwoman Barbara Lawrence, R-Wichita, said the committee will discuss and vote today on the bill, which she is sponsoring. A regent criticized the bill, saying it would make the board parochial. But a prominent Wichita State University alumnus said it would only be right to have each university represented. The Senate committee reviewed the bill the same day the House adopted a proposed constitutional amendment to abolish the board of regents and create a single Council on Higher Education to oversee state universities, community colleges and vocational-technical schools.