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Minutes for HB2414 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Expanding the university engineering initiative act to include certain private postsecondary educational institutions.
Minutes Content for Wed, Mar 1, 2023
The Chair opened the hearing on HB2414.
Charles Reimer, Revisor, presented an overview of the bill and stood for questions.
.The following provided testimony as proponents:
Matt Lindsay, President, Kansas Independent College Association(Attachment 3)
Dr. Kimberly Shankman, Dean and Chief Academic Officer, Benedictine College(Attachment 4)
The conferees stood for questions from committee members.
Opponent testimony was provided by:
Blake Flanders, President, Kansas Board of Regents(Attachment 5)
Tom Roberts, Past President of Kansas Society of Professional engineers(Attachment 6)
Chairman Tarwater allowed Dr. Amy Braggs to provide testimony as a proponent to the bill. She was in another meeting providing testimony for Friends University.(Attachment 7)
Written proponent testimony was provided by Eric Stafford, Vice President of Government Affairs , Kansas Chamber.(Attachment 8)
Written opponent testimony was provided by Scott Heidner, Executive Director, American Council of Engineering.(Attachment 9)
The Chair closed the hearing on HB2414.
The meeting was adjourned.
The next scheduled meeting will be on Monday, March 6, 2023.
