August 16, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending sections 5 and 6 of article VIII,
to require public universities to establish an alternative
admissions process for certain military veterans who were on active
duty during the fall academic term.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to require public universities to establish
an alternative admissions process for certain military veterans who
were on active duty during the fall academic term, is proposed,
agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE VIII
Sec. 5. (1) 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 subsection (2), 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.
(2) The legislature shall require by law that each institution
of higher education referred to in subsection (1) establish an
admissions process by which an honorably discharged veteran of the
armed forces of the United States may apply for admission to the
institution as a freshman student enrolling in the academic term
immediately succeeding a fall academic term if the veteran was on
active duty during the fall academic term.
Sec. 6. (1) 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 subsection (2),
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.
(2) The legislature shall require by law that each institution
of higher education described in subsection (1) establish an
admissions process by which an honorably discharged veteran of the
armed forces of the United States may apply for admission to the
institution as a freshman student enrolling in the academic term
immediately succeeding a fall academic term if the veteran was on
active duty during the fall academic term.
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.