SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION F

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution of 1963, by amending section 4 of article VIII, to update the enumeration of public universities and to require that the meetings of governing boards of public universities are open to the public.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state constitution of 1963, to update the enumeration of public universities and to require that the meetings of governing boards of public universities are open to the public, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:

ARTICLE VIII

Sec. 4. The legislature shall appropriate moneys to maintain the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, Eastern Michigan University, Michigan College of Science and Technology, Technological University, Central Michigan University, Northern Michigan University, Western Michigan University, Ferris Institute, State University, Grand Valley State College, University, Saginaw Valley State University, Lake Superior State University, Oakland University, by whatever names such those institutions may are hereafter be known, and other institutions of higher education established by law. The legislature shall be given an annual accounting of all income and expenditures by each of these educational institutions. Formal sessions Meetings of governing boards of such these educational institutions shall be open to the public, as provided by law.

Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be submitted to the people of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by law.