OMAHA, Neb. ― The board of a community college in Omaha has voted to ask its chairman to resign.
The Metropolitan Community College Board of Governors voted 6-4 Tuesday night to ask Fred Conley to resign from his position as chairman of the board, the Omaha World-Herald reported.
“His resignation is absolutely necessary to protect the college from further harm and potentially destroying the future of our students,” said, Jim Grotrian, the community college’s executive vice president.
The nonbinding resolution includes a clause that reprimands Conley for misconduct if he doesn’t resign.
Conley said after the meeting that he wouldn’t resign and that he intends to complete his term, which ends in December. But he also said he might reconsider his position to stay on the board because of new information an attorney with the community college presented during the meeting.
The U.S. Department of Education has threatened to withhold student aid and other federal funding from the community college if Conley remains on the board because the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued an order prohibiting the federal government from doing business with Conley.
Conley has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the action.
