January 13, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Pscholka, Farrington, Damrow and Callton and referred to the Committee on Education.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending sections 5 and 6 of article VIII
and adding section 10 to article VIII, to limit tuition increases
for resident students at institutions of higher education
established by law.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to limit tuition increases for resident
students at institutions of higher education established by law, is
proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE VIII
Sec. 5. The regents of the University of Michigan and their
successors in office shall constitute a body corporate known as the
Regents of the University of Michigan; the trustees of Michigan
State University and their successors in office shall constitute a
body corporate known as the Board of Trustees of Michigan State
University; the governors of Wayne State University and their
successors in office shall constitute a body corporate known as the
Board
of Governors of Wayne State University. Each Subject to
section 10 of this article, each board shall have general
supervision of its institution and the control and direction of all
expenditures from the institution's funds. Each board shall, as
often as necessary, elect a president of the institution under its
supervision.
He The president shall be the principal executive
officer of the institution, be ex-officio a member of the board
without the right to vote and preside at meetings of the board. The
board of each institution shall consist of eight members who shall
hold office for terms of eight years and who shall be elected as
provided by law. The governor shall fill board vacancies by
appointment. Each appointee shall hold office until a successor has
been nominated and elected as provided by law.
Sec. 6. Other institutions of higher education established by
law having authority to grant baccalaureate degrees shall each be
governed
by a board of control which shall be a body corporate. The
Subject to section 10 of this article, the board shall have general
supervision of the institution and the control and direction of all
expenditures from the institution's funds. It shall, as often as
necessary, elect a president of the institution under its
supervision.
He The president shall be the principal executive
officer of the institution and be ex-officio a member of the board
without the right to vote. The board may elect one of its members,
or may designate the president, to preside at board meetings. Each
board of control shall consist of eight members who shall hold
office for terms of eight years, not more than two of which shall
expire in the same year, and who shall be appointed by the governor
by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Vacancies shall
be filled in like manner.
Sec. 10. Beginning on the effective date of this section, the
board of an institution of higher education described in section 5
or 6 of this article shall not charge its students who are
residents of this state tuition rates that exceed its tuition rates
for those students in effect on January 1, 2010 for the remainder
of that academic year, and in subsequent academic years shall not
increase its tuition rates for students who are residents of this
state from one academic year to the next academic year by more than
the increase in the immediately preceding calendar year in the
Detroit consumer price index as reported by the United States
department of labor.
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.