SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION J


  April 22, 1997, Introduced by Senator BULLARD and referred
       to the Committee on Government Operations.
     


        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by amending sections 3 and 7 of article VIII,

   to abolish the state board of education and provide for guberna-

   torial 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 con-

   stitution of 1963, to abolish the state board of education and

   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  UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1999,
             LEADERSHIP and

 3    general supervision over all public education, including adult

 4    education and instructional programs in state institutions,

 5    except as to institutions of higher education granting


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 1    baccalaureate degrees, is vested in a state board of education.

 2     It  UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1999, THE STATE BOARD OF
             EDUCATION shall

 3    serve as the general planning and coordinating body for all

 4    public education, including higher education, and shall advise

 5    the legislature as to the financial requirements in connection

 6    therewith.  EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1999, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCA-

 7    TION IS ABOLISHED AND THE POWERS AND DUTIES PREVIOUSLY VESTED BY

 8    STATUTE IN THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ARE VESTED IN A SUPERIN-

 9    TENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AS PRO-

10    VIDED IN THIS SECTION.

11          The  UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1999, THE state board
             of education

12    shall appoint a superintendent of public instruction, whose term

13    of office shall be determined by the board.  He 
             EFFECTIVE

14    JANUARY 1, 1999, THE GOVERNOR, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT

15    OF THE SENATE, SHALL APPOINT A SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUC-

16    TION, WHO SHALL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE GOVERNOR.  THE TERM

17    OF OFFICE OF A SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION APPOINTED BY

18    THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL NOT EXTEND BEYOND DECEMBER 31,

19    1998.  UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1999, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC

20    INSTRUCTION shall be the  chairman  CHAIRPERSON of
             the board

21    without the right to vote, and shall be responsible for the exe-

22    cution of its policies.  He  THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
             PUBLIC

23    INSTRUCTION shall be the principal executive officer of a state

24    department of education.  which  EFFECTIVE JANUARY
             1, 1999, THE

25    SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF

26    EDUCATION shall have ONLY THOSE powers and duties provided by

27    law.



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 1          The  UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1999, THE state board
             of education

 2    shall consist of eight members who shall be nominated by party

 3    conventions and elected at large for terms of eight years as pre-

 4    scribed by law.  The governor shall fill any vacancy by appoint-

 5    ment for the unexpired term.  The  UNTIL JANUARY 1,
             1999, THE

 6    governor shall be ex-officio a member of the state board of edu-

 7    cation without the right to vote.

 8         The power of the boards of institutions of higher education

 9    provided in this constitution to supervise their respective

10    institutions and control and direct the expenditure of the

11    institutions' funds  shall  ARE not  be
              limited by this

12    section.

13         Sec. 7.  The legislature shall provide by law for the estab-

14    lishment and financial support of public community and junior

15    colleges which shall be supervised and controlled by locally

16    elected boards.  The legislature shall provide by law for a state

17    board for public community and junior colleges which, UNTIL

18    JANUARY 1, 1999, shall advise the state board of education AND,

19    EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1999, SHALL ADVISE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF

20    PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, concerning general supervision and planning

21    for such colleges and requests for annual appropriations for

22    their support.  The board shall consist of eight members who

23    shall hold office for terms of eight years, not more than two of

24    which shall expire in the same year, and who, UNTIL JANUARY 1,

25    1999, shall be appointed by the state board of education AND,

26    EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1999, SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE

27    SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Vacancies shall be filled



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 1    in like manner.  THE TERM OF OFFICE OF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD WHO

 2    WAS APPOINTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL NOT EXTEND

 3    BEYOND DECEMBER 31, 1998. The superintendent of public instruc-

 4    tion shall be ex-officio a member of this board without the right

 5    to vote.

 6         Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be sub-

 7    mitted to the people of the state at the next general election in

 8    the manner provided by law.








































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