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read from the report at page 7 of the Majority Report.

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It says "The public community colleges by whatever name

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they may be hereafter known shall be controlled by local

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boards in accordance with law, and shall be under the

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general supervision of a State board. The local board

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of trustees shall have general supervision over local

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institutions and control and direction of all expenditures

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from the institutions' fund."

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This is the same autonomy that has been given

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to the other two branches of the State system of higher

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education. It is just plainly unjustified at this point,

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not only is there a legislative council bill to be reported

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out in the next session of the General Assembly favoring

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the creation of a Statewide, more or less coordinating

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board for higher education, and certainly this board if it

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was created might, after a period of years, be able to

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make a case for some sort of a statutory autonomy; but

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with the rapidly expanding system as it is, no one really

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knows what the course will be.

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We once again never heard any testimony on this

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point. This has been, this has sprung full-blown from