A Senate committee will vet Cox's nominees Monday for the Utah Board of Higher Education, and the committee will take public comment during the meeting.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has nominated 10 new members to serve on the Utah Board of Higher Education. The nominees include, from left, Aaron Skonnard, Cydni Tetro, Sharon Eubank, Jon Cox and Tina Larson. The nominations are subject to approval by the Utah Senate.Utah business and community leaders nominated to govern higher education have homework — with their public presentations to a Senate committee scheduled Monday.
The first step in that process will take place at 9 a.m Monday, when members of the Senate Education Confirmation Committee will hear from nine nominees. Cox’s appointment of student member Holly Talbot doesn’t require Senate confirmation.attend the meeting either in person or virtually to do so, according to Cox’s office, since there is no formal process in place to collect feedback in advance. The hearing will be held in room 445 at the Capitol Building.
Committee members will then vote whether to confirm the nominees. In the days following, the full Senate will vote on the appointments, though a date for that has not yet been set. In addition to Talbot, Cox nominated the following Utahns to serve as new board members: Javier Chavez Jr., Amanda Covington, Jon Cox, Sharon Eubank, Danny Ipson, Tina Larson, Steve Neeleman, Aaron Skonnard and Cydni Tetro.Gov. Cox wants these 10 Utahns to strategize the future of higher education in UtahThose confirmed by the Senate will take office on July 1.
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