April 19, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Kelly, Garcia, Crawford, Graves, Hornberger, Runestad, Webber, Afendoulis, VerHeulen and Canfield and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
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
submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE VIII
Sec.
3. Leadership and general supervision over all public
education,
including adult education and instructional programs in
state
institutions, except as to institutions of higher education
granting
baccalaureate degrees, is vested in a state board of
education.
It shall serve as the general planning and coordinating
body
for all public education, including higher education, and
shall
advise the legislature as to the financial requirements in
connection
therewith.
The
state board of education governor
shall appoint a
superintendent
of public instruction whose term of office shall be
determined
by the board. He shall be the chairman of the board
without
the right to vote, and shall be responsible for the
execution
of its policies. He director
of a state department of
education. The director shall be the principal executive officer of
a
the state department of education,
which shall have powers and
duties provided by law.
The
state board of education shall consist of eight members
who
shall be nominated by party conventions and elected at large
for
terms of eight years as prescribed by law. The governor shall
fill
any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term. The
governor
shall be ex-officio a member of the state board of
education
without the right to vote.
The power of the boards of institutions of higher education
provided in this constitution to supervise their respective
institutions and control and direct the expenditure of the
institutions'
funds shall not be is not limited by this section.
Sec. 7. The legislature shall provide by law for the
establishment and financial support of public community and junior
colleges which shall be supervised and controlled by locally
elected
boards. The legislature shall provide by law for a state
board
for public community and junior colleges which shall advise
the
state board of education concerning general supervision and
planning
for such colleges and requests for annual appropriations
for
their support. The board 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
state board of education. Vacancies shall be filled in like
manner.
The superintendent of public instruction shall be ex-
officio
a member of this board without the right to vote.
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.