The Joint Education Committee selected which of the 35 recommendations to put into the draft committee bill after consulting with the governor's office.

Along with deciding the fate of programs, the Community College Commission would get two other new duties under the bill. Every two years, the Community College Commission would write a statewide plan for the entire college system. Also, the Community College Commission would standardize auditing among colleges.

Rep. Del McOmie, R-Lander and co-chairman of the Joint Education Committee, said the proposals result from the state providing a growing portion now a majority of the colleges' funding.

"What's driving all this right now is the Legislature providing over 60 percent of the money to the colleges. It's no longer being supplied by the local community," he said.

He said he planned to hear testimony before deciding how he would approach the bill.

But McFarland said she was concerned that the changes, if approved, would result in a completely different and centralized system.

"It would seem to be laying the groundwork for a state board of regents and a community college system that's 100 percent funded by the state," she said.

"If that's the case, then we're talking an entirely different kind of system than what was recommended by the study commission, which was that the community college commission remain an appointed coordinating board."

She said she and several other college presidents planned to attend the Joint Education Committee, which is scheduled to meet Monday and Tuesday at the University of Wyoming Outreach Building in Casper.