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Show pyiw,i'wyw",ii 2C The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday, January 22, TT r'rTT qiMyp 19WJ UTech Council Chief Attacks Plan to Transfer By Her Scarlet Tribune Education Editor Transfer of the Salt Lake Skills Center to the administrative control of the state school board is unnecessary, could hurt the educational opportunities of the disadvantaged students attending it and should be resisted. These and other arguments were memoranoutlined in a seven-pagdum prepared by Joan L. Burnside, chairwoman of the Institutional Council of Utah Technical College at Salt Lake. e Since 1971, the skills center has been administered by the technical college. Recently, the Joint Liaison Com T mittee of the Utah State Board of Education and state Board of Regents endorsed plans to transfer the school from the college's control to that of the State Board for Vocational Education, the name taken by the state school board in its capacity as the governing board for vocational programs In addition, the state school board and regents, too, have looked with favor on the proposed transfer. Officials at the technical college one of nine colleges and universities controlled by the regents have taken a neutral position on the proposal. However, Dr. Burnside and other members of UTechs governing board have gone on record opposing the move Such a move will need the Leg- islature s approval before i. can become effective. The skills center provides programs for disadvantaged adults. "For the past 15 years, the skills center has been an integral part of UTech. It has earned national recognition for its programs of meeting the needs of disadvantaged adults while part of UTech," she said. "I and my colleagues on the Institutional Council of UTech believe these actions create administrative confusion and duplicity, introduce fruitless additional costs at a time when the state of Utah cannot even fund current educational needs, and weaken g Control Skills-Cenl- er different from that of area vocational centers, which are governed by the state school board Area vocational centers, she said, were created to meet the vocational education needs of high school students Conversely, the skills center caters to disadvantaged adults, although it offers classes leading to high school graduation for students who didn't finish high school. Dr Burnside said the skills center role is compatible with that of UTech, which is charged with providing educational and community services in all phases of employment preparation and assisting disadvantaged and handicapped students. Most of the services provided by an important and proven educational program It is the disadvantaged adults of Utah who will suffer, said Dr. Burnside. While the skills center is largely funded through the state school board, the chairwoman said it is an insufficient argument for state school board control. "In fact, that board has for the past 15 years looked to UTech to administer the skills center programs. Certainly, they did so because UTech was better prepared to offer programs to disadvantaged adults than the state vocational board, whose area of specialization is high school-ag- e youth, said Dr. Burnside. She said the skills centers role is the technical college, she said, have been provided at the skills center as well In fact. Dr Burnside said a grant writer employed by the college spends much of his time writing grant proposals on behalf of the skills center. Skills center students, because of. their affiliation with the technical college, enjoy me intrinsic- benefits of participating in the college's commencement ritual with its caps and gowns and academic procession, she said. The chairwoman also brought up past disputes between the state school board and regents, suggesting that the ghost of litigation past may figure in the two governing boards acceptance of the skills center pro- posal. Dr. Burnside, who served on the state school board eight years, said she was familiar with the civil case of the early 1970s when the state school board challenged the regents validity as higher educations governing board. district trial court ruled the regents unconstitutional and void," she was reversed said. Bui tnat on appeal to tf .? I mr, Supreme Cot n. which overturn i it on a split 2 decision "1 know. too. that the legislative decision to place the two technical colleges under the control of the regents w. 5 not met with joy by the vocational s.ate school board, said the chairwoman. In faot, the contention between the two ouaius was the basis for the a creation of the liaison committee committee that appears to have helped these two boards work cooperatively. Based solely on my experience on both the state board and the liaison committee, I seriously wonder what decisions are being made on the basis of political expedience and what decisions are made in the name of improving the quality of education said through sound management, Dr. Burnside. Envisioned in the transfer proposal is creation of a governing board for the skills center featuring representation from the technical college, skills center and state school board.Dr. Burnside questioned the advisability of additional administration, pointing out the states needs to find adequate funding to finance increases in both public-an- d n systems. Reiterating UTech Institutional Council opposition, she said council members will work to defeat proposed legislation designed to remove the skills center from UTech. A 3-- student-enrollme- nt higher-educatio- W.V. Is Studying Durable light duty lumber. Surfaced four sides. Buy now and save! 2x4x96 ECONOMY STUDS ,...68 ALL ALUMINUM 16 EXTENSION LADDER Handy Size 13 Maximum Use Height Adjust (3116) (2116) Contemporary design. Round bowl-fron- t. Seat not inch C4261. 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