BREAKING NEWS – HB 1903 DIES ON HOUSE FLOOR

  

Sources at the State Capitol in Austin have reported to KWHI that House Bill 1903 died on the House floor this afternoon.  The bill would have required Blinn College to allocate funds to each campus based on student contact hours.  The bill died after a vote on the floor in which it received 42 votes for and 92 votes against.  Reports from the floor of the House say the newly elected State Representative Leighton Schubert argued against the passage of the bill and was able to convince other representatives of his view.

Cathy Boeker, Blinn Associate Vice-President of Government and Public Affairs had this response: