EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION ACT OF 1965 (EXCERPT)
Act 380 of 1965
Chapter 13
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
16.400 Department of education; creation.
Sec. 300.
There is hereby created a department of education.
History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Popular Name: Act 380
16.401 Head of department of education.
Sec. 301.
The head of the department of education is the state board of education established by the state Constitution of 1963.
History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Popular Name: Act 380
16.402 Board of education; transfer of powers, duties, and functions to department.
Sec. 302.
All powers, duties and functions vested by law in the board of education are transferred by a type I transfer to the department of education.
History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Popular Name: Act 380
16.403 Superintendent of public instruction; transfer of powers, duties, and functions to department.
Sec. 303.
All powers, duties and functions now vested by law in the superintendent of public instruction are transferred by a type III transfer to the department of education.
History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Popular Name: Act 380
16.404 Board of education; membership; nomination and election; terms.
Sec. 304.
The board of education shall consist of 8 members nominated by party convention and elected at large for 8-year terms.
History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
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16.405 Superintendent of public instruction; appointment; term.
Sec. 305.
The principal executive officer of the department of education is the superintendent of public instruction. The state board of education shall appoint the superintendent of public instruction whose term of office shall be determined by the board.
History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Popular Name: Act 380
16.406 State tenure commission; transfer.
Sec. 306.
The state tenure commission created under Act No. 4 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1937, as amended, being sections 38.81 to 38.191 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is transferred by a type I transfer to the department of education.
History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Popular Name: Act 380
16.407 State higher education facilities commission; transfer.
Sec. 307.
The state higher education facilities commission created under Act No. 233 of the Public Acts of 1964, being sections 390.941 to 390.948 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is transferred by a type I transfer to the department of education.
History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Popular Name: Act 380
16.408 Repealed. 1989, Act 128, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1989.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section transferred the Michigan education assistance authority to the board of education.
Popular Name: Act 380
16.409 Repealed. 1982, Act 540, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section transferred the state board of libraries to the board of education.
Popular Name: Act 380
16.410 State board for public community and junior colleges; transfer.
Sec. 310.
The state board for public community and junior colleges created under Act No. 193 of the Public Acts of 1964, being sections 390.911 to 390.916 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is transferred by a type I transfer to the board of education.
History: Add. 1965, Act 407, Imd. Eff. Oct. 29, 1965
Popular Name: Act 380
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