93rd Congress > House > Vote 831
Description: TO PASS H.R. 15643, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION REORGANIZATION ACT.
Bill summary: (LATEST SUMMARY)
District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act - =Title I: Short Title, Purposes, and Definitions= - States that it is the intent of Congress to authorize a public land-grant university through the reorganization of the existing local institutions of public post-secondary education in the District of Columbia.
Defines the terms used in this Act.
=Title II: Board of Trustees= - Authorizes the establishment of the University of the District of
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Columbia, which shall be an independent agency of the District of Columbia government governed by a Board of Trustees. Sets forth the membership composition and the duties of the Board of Trustees.
Vests in the Trustees all functions, powers, and duties of the Board of Higher Education and the Vocational Board under the District of Columbia Public Education Act of 1966.
=Title III: Authorizations= - Authorizes the appropriation out of any money in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purpose of this Act.
=Title IV: Miscellaneous= - Sets forth various administrative provisions including Board of Trustees' meeting times, appointment of advisory committees, and the management of appropriations.
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Bill titles: An Act to reorganize public post-secondary education in the District of Columbia, establish a Board of Trustees, authorize and direct the Board of Trustees to consolidate the existing local institutions of public postsecondary education into a single Land-Grant University of the District of Columbia, direct the board of Trustees to administer the University of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.; A bill to reorganize public higher education in the District of Columbia, establish a board of trustees, authorize and direct the board of trustees to consolidate the existing local institutions of public higher education into a single Land-Grant University of the District of Columbia, direct the board of trustees to administer the University of the District of Columbia.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 120-112, p. H7245;
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