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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1980

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE ROEBUCK

Printer's No. 2767

Amend Bill, page 1, line 6, by inserting after "system"

; and further providing for powers and duties of board

Amend Bill, page 10, line 6, by striking out all of said line

and inserting

Section 2.  Section 2603-B(h), added March 30, 1988 (P.L.321,

No.43), is amended to read:

Section 2603-B.  Powers and Duties of the Board.--* * *

(h)  Every five (5) years, the board shall adopt a master

plan for higher education which shall be for the guidance of the

Governor, the General Assembly, and all institutions of higher

education financed wholly or in part from State appropriations.

The master plan shall:

[(1)  define the role of each type of institution (State-

owned universities, State-related universities, community

colleges, private colleges and universities and off-campus

centers of any of these and other institutions authorized to

grant degrees) in this Commonwealth;

(2)  recommend enrollment levels for each such institution;

(3)  recommend methods for governance;

(4)  recommend methods for the distribution of State funds

among the institutions;

(5)  evaluate the status of physical plants and technical

equipment and project needs;

(6)  evaluate the status of and projection of manpower needs;

(7)  evaluate enrollment accessibility to institutions of

higher learning by the public; and

(8)  otherwise provide for an orderly development of

institutions of higher education in this Commonwealth.]

(1)  describe the current higher education landscape in this

Commonwealth;

(2)  identify unmet needs and gaps with regard to career

fields, geographic and financial access;

(3)  identify emerging higher education issues and recommend

strategies and options designed to address the issues;

(4)  identify gaps and opportunities for collaboration with

basic education, work force development programs, economic

development and other related systems; and

(5)  outline a plan for action by the board to revise or

update its higher education regulations.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.