April 12, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Jackson and Cushingberry and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending sections 5 and 6 of article VIII
and adding section 10 to article VIII, to require automatic
admission of certain undergraduate students by institutions of
higher education established by law.
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 automatic admission of certain
undergraduate students by institutions of higher education
established by law, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the
people of the state:
ARTICLE VIII
Sec. 5. 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
section 10 of this article, 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.
Sec. 6. 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 section 10 of this
article, 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.
Sec. 10. Beginning in the first academic year after the
effective date of this section, the board of an institution of
higher education described in section 5 or 6 of this article shall
admit any applicant for admission to the institution as an
undergraduate student who graduated from a high school located in
this state with a grade point average in the top ten percent of the
student's high school graduating class in one of the two school
years preceding the academic year for which the applicant is
applying for admission. To qualify for admission under this
section, an applicant must submit an application before the
expiration of any application filing deadline established by the
institution.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted
to the people of the state at a special election held on
the next general election in the manner provided by law.