February 10, 2004, Introduced by Senators KUIPERS, GOSCHKA, GARCIA, VAN WOERKOM, BISHOP, McMANUS, CASSIS, GEORGE, TOY, GILBERT, CROPSEY, PATTERSON, BIRKHOLZ, HARDIMAN, JELINEK, SIKKEMA, HAMMERSTROM, ALLEN, STAMAS, SANBORN, JOHNSON and BROWN and referred to the Committee on Education.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 3 of article VIII, to
provide for gubernatorial appointment of the superintendent of
public instruction.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to provide for gubernatorial appointment of
the superintendent of public instruction, is proposed, agreed to,
and submitted to the people of the state:
1 ARTICLE VIII
2 Sec. 3. Leadership and general supervision over all public
3 education, including adult education and instructional programs
4 in state institutions, except as to institutions of higher
5 education granting baccalaureate degrees, is vested in a state
6 board of education. It shall serve as the general planning and
1 coordinating body for all public education, including higher
2 education, and shall advise the legislature as to the financial
3 requirements in connection therewith.
4 The state board
of education governor shall appoint a
5 superintendent of public
instruction whose and shall set his or
6 her term of office.
shall be determined by the board. He The
7 superintendent of public instruction shall be the chairman
8 chairperson of the board without the right to vote, and shall be
9 responsible for the
execution of its policies. He The
10 superintendent of public instruction shall be the principal
11 executive officer of a state department of education which shall
12 have powers and duties provided by law.
13 The state board of education shall consist of eight members
14 who shall be nominated by party conventions and elected at large
15 for terms of eight years as prescribed by law. The governor
16 shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term.
17 The governor shall be ex-officio a member of the state board of
18 education without the right to vote.
19 The power of the boards of institutions of higher education
20 provided in this constitution to supervise their respective
21 institutions and control and direct the expenditure of the
22 institutions' funds shall
not be is not limited by this
23 section.
24 Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
25 submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
26 in the manner provided by law.