HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION D
June 08, 2023, Introduced by Reps. Bollin, Schuette, Rigas, Smit, Outman, Johnsen, Jaime Greene,
Lightner, DeBoyer, Meerman, DeSana, Beeler, Thompson, Prestin, Aragona, Bierlein, Bezotte,
Borton, Steele, Martin, Hoadley, Cavitt and VanderWall and referred to the Committee on
Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, amending sections 3 and 7 of article VIII, to
eliminate the state board of education, superintendent of public
instruction, and state board for public community and junior
colleges.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to eliminate the state board of education,
superintendent of public instruction, and state board for public
community and junior colleges, is proposed, agreed to, and
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submitted to the people of the state:
1 ARTICLE VIII
2 Sec. 3. Leadership and general supervision over all public
3 education, including adult education and instructional programs in
4 state institutions, except as to institutions of higher education
5 granting baccalaureate degrees, is vested in a state board of
6 education. It shall serve as the general planning and coordinating
7 body for all public education, including higher education, and
8 shall advise the legislature as to the financial requirements in
9 connection therewith.
10 The state board of education governor shall appoint a
11 superintendent of public instruction whose term of office shall be
12 determined by the board. He shall be the chairman of the board
13 without the right to vote, and shall be responsible for the
14 execution of its policies. He director of the state department of
15 education. The director shall be the principal executive officer of
16 a the state department of education, which shall have powers and
17 duties provided by law.
18 The state board of education shall consist of eight members
19 who shall be nominated by party conventions and elected at large
20 for terms of eight years as prescribed by law. The governor shall
21 fill any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term. The
22 governor shall be ex-officio a member of the state board of
23 education without the right to vote.
24 The power of the boards of institutions of higher education
25 provided in this constitution to supervise their respective
26 institutions and control and direct the expenditure of the
27 institutions' funds shall not be is not limited by this section.
28 Sec. 7. The legislature shall provide by law for the
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1 establishment and financial support of public community and junior
2 colleges which shall be supervised and controlled by locally
3 elected boards. The legislature shall provide by law for a state
4 board for public community and junior colleges which shall advise
5 the state board of education concerning general supervision and
6 planning for such colleges and requests for annual appropriations
7 for their support. The board shall consist of eight members who
8 shall hold office for terms of eight years, not more than two of
9 which shall expire in the same year, and who shall be appointed by
10 the state board of education. Vacancies shall be filled in like
11 manner. The superintendent of public instruction shall be ex-
12 officio a member of this board without the right to vote.
13 Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
14 submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
15 in the manner provided by law.
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