Task force OKs plan to consolidate boards of seven community colleges

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A higher education task force has approved a plan to move seven of Oklahoma’s community colleges under the authority of larger governing boards.

The recommendation approved Wednesday will be presented to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, possibly as early as February, The Oklahoman reported.

If approved, the schools’ governing boards would have until June 2019 to merge with one of three larger boards: the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, the Oklahoma State University and A&M Colleges Board of Regents, or the Regional University System of Oklahoma Board of Regents.

Critics of the plan say the change could increase tuition costs at the two-year colleges and wouldn’t help students.

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