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<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif"><a name="3"></a>STATE SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTMENT - S.J.R. <a name="1"></a>H: COMMITTEE SUMMARY</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif">Senate Joint Resolution <a name="2"></a>H (as introduced <a name="4"></a>2-10-04)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif">Sponsor: Senator <a name="5"></a>Wayne Kuipers</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif">Committee: <a name="6"></a>Education</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif">Date Completed: <a name="7"></a>2-11-04</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">CONTENT</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif">The joint resolution proposes an amendment to Article VIII, Section 3 of the State
Constitution, to require the Governor, rather than the State Board of Education, to
appoint the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and to set his or her term of
office. The joint resolution would have to be submitted to the voters at the next
general election, if two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in each house of
the Legislature approved the resolution. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif">Section 3 provides that the Superintendent of Public Instruction is the principal
executive officer of the State Department of Education. The Superintendent is also the
chairperson of the Board of Education without the right to vote, and is responsible for
the execution of its policies. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><a name="8"></a><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif"> - Legislative Analyst: <a name="9"></a>Claire Layman</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">FISCAL IMPACT</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif">The joint resolution would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif"> - Fiscal Analyst: <a name="10"></a>Kathryn Summers-Coty<span style="font-family: 'Swis721 BT Roman', sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration: underline">S0304\ssjrhsa</span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'Swis721 BT Roman', sans-serif">This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations
and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.</span></p>
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