TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee is considering a bill that would create a 17-member blue-ribbon commission to study operations and priorities of public higher education institutions, including consolidation of state universities and community colleges or technical colleges.
The bill was introduced in early March by state Reps. Ken Rahjes and Shannon Francis, both Republicans who serve western Kansas districts. The legislation would enable House and Senate Republican leadership to appoint 11 members of the commission while Democrats in the Legislature would have two…
