Show h tf iE X M r a 55 5 4 S 5 t Sanator William T T. T Barton Salt R La Lake e ponders ques- ques itt n S 4 11 Jo Journalism ism student Sue J takes notes I P Photo Ed Ed life Lile iJ Journalism Jour an 1 I by E. E 01 1 t 7 j I f So S Far So Good For Senator Bill Sill L Bartons Barton's Fight To Enable U. U TC To Offer An A AS Degree 9 by Sue Piper Ed Lile So far in this V years year's ars ar's legislation at the Utah State Capitol Capitol Capi Capi- has passed both the Senate and tol senate bill 4 passe resolution which in enabling bling the House as a senate en short r e read it once and the majority voted in favor of consi considering ering the actual bill for voting at a later date S 4 sponsored by Senator Barton is an act relating to the associate degree in science at t Utah Technical College at Salt Lake providing for a three year trial period period pe pe- by bythe bythe bythe of the degree and arid an ap appropriate evaluation the Board of Regents report wo would ld be belade At the end of the three year pilot a made lade to the legislature by th the Board of Regents whose responsibility it would be to carefully monitor the pro pro- gram unless the bill would then cease to be in effect further enabling legislation is passed to extend or maintain in tt the associate in science degree program Right it is reviewed reviewed reviewed re- re where now the bill is in the Rules Committee viewed for legality and fiscal impact Then it will be- be referred to the appropriate standing will hold a public public public pub pub- committee f for r analysis The committee lic meeting concerning the bill Senator Barton st stated ted students students students stu stu- stu- stu if a few Jew well spoken that hat it wo would Jd be very helpful dents would go to this meeting representing the college and tes testify how imp important this bi bill l. l is to the st students dents difficulty transferring transferring- has Wit Without out this bill a student of Utah te to continue his education education education credits to the University Uni interested in testifying If youre tion to get a BS degree at after 3 tying contact Sue Pi Piper er immediately i pm p.m. still something some something want to help help but but cant can't ant testify theres there's s 's thing hing very important that you can do Call y your u. u Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- district and tell them tor and Representative in your name and that you live in their district and that tia that your youre in favor of 4 and that you hope that they vote in favor of it Continued on page 2 d 1 17 f dY Continued from page 1 4 The phone number for senate members is The number for the House members representatives is If you dont don't know what district youre in or the names of your Senator or Representative call They can tell you the information by knowing your ad ad- dress Normally the State Board of Regents would submit a recommendation to the governor governo either for or against an issue like this However a source in the board stated that they are neutral and they wont won't give any Senator Barton stated his associates that are sceptical are maily concerned that wont won't turn in into into into to be De some sort of a community college having too high of a percentage of students taking academic class classes s that they should have learned in high school The senator stated that hes he's having representative Joe E. E represent him in the house The senator also said that the President of the Senate Standing Committee is against the bill but he thinks hes he's a a. fair fairman man and wont won't try to influence the other members This same bill was up last year and passed for at Provo with the same stipulation of the three year pi pi- pi lot Senator Senator Barton Barton wasn't the sponsor last year He now has a daughter going to at SL and so he now has first hand experience on the problems student face from not being albe to receive an AS degree at TC |