UA System- Pulaski Tech linkup gains

A bill to put Pulaski Technical College under the control of the University of Arkansas System’s board of trustees cleared the Senate on Thursday.

The Senate’s 26- 0 vote sent Senate Bill 10 by Sen. Linda Chesterfield, D- Little Rock, to the House.

The bill also would require that the current board of trustees for Pulaski Technical College become a board of visitors. The bill also would mandate that members of the board of visitors would be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and serve seven- year terms. Because the 26- year- old school isn’t a “community college” by name under state law, its leaders need legislative approval to become a part of the University of Arkansas System and change its current governing panel of trustees to an advisory board of visitors.