Bill Text: FL S1508 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Board of Governors/Student Member Selection Process
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-08 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HJR 931 (Passed) -SJ 1037 [S1508 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-S1508-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Board of Governors/Student Member Selection Process
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-08 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HJR 931 (Passed) -SJ 1037 [S1508 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-S1508-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2012 SJR 1508 By Senator Montford 6-01131-12 20121508__ 1 Senate Joint Resolution 2 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 7 3 of Article IX of the State Constitution to replace the 4 president of the Florida Student Association or the 5 equivalent as a member of the Statewide Board of 6 Governors with the student body president of a state 7 university. 8 9 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 That the following amendment to Section 7 of Article IX of 12 the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to 13 the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next 14 general election or at an earlier special election specifically 15 authorized by law for that purpose: 16 ARTICLE IX 17 EDUCATION 18 SECTION 7. State University System.— 19 (a) PURPOSES. In order to achieve excellence through 20 teaching students, advancing research and providing public 21 service for the benefit of Florida’s citizens, their communities 22 and economies, the people hereby establish a system of 23 governance for the state university system of Florida. 24 (b) STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. There shall be a single state 25 university system comprised of all public universities. A board 26 of trustees shall administer each public university and a board 27 of governors shall govern the state university system. 28 (c) LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES. Each local constituent 29 university shall be administered by a board of trustees 30 consisting of thirteen members dedicated to the purposes of the 31 state university system. The board of governors shall establish 32 the powers and duties of the boards of trustees. Each board of 33 trustees shall consist of six citizen members appointed by the 34 governor and five citizen members appointed by the board of 35 governors. The appointed members shall be confirmed by the 36 senate and serve staggered terms of five years as provided by 37 law. The chair of the faculty senate, or the equivalent, and the 38 president of the student body of the university shall also be 39 members. 40 (d) STATEWIDE BOARD OF GOVERNORS. The board of governors 41 shall be a body corporate consisting of seventeen members. The 42 board shall operate, regulate, control, and be fully responsible 43 for the management of the whole university system. These 44 responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to, defining 45 the distinctive mission of each constituent university and its 46 articulation with free public schools and community colleges, 47 ensuring the well-planned coordination and operation of the 48 system, and avoiding wasteful duplication of facilities or 49 programs. The board’s management shall be subject to the powers 50 of the legislature to appropriate for the expenditure of funds, 51 and the board shall account for such expenditures as provided by 52 law. The governor shall appoint to the board fifteenfourteen53 citizens dedicated to the purposes of the state university 54 system, one of whom must be the student body president of a 55 state university. The appointed members shall be confirmed by 56 the senate and serve staggered terms of seven years as provided 57 by law, except that the state university student body president 58 appointed to the board shall serve a term of one year and is not 59 subject to senate confirmation. A student body president is not 60 eligible for appointment if the student body president appointed 61 to the board in the previous year was from the same state 62 university. The commissioner of education and,the chair of the 63 advisory council of faculty senates, or the equivalent,and the64president of the Florida student association, or the equivalent,65 shall also be members of the board. 66 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be 67 placed on the ballot: 68 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 69 ARTICLE IX, SECTION 7 70 APPOINTMENT OF STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS 71 OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.—Proposing an amendment to the 72 State Constitution to remove the president of the Florida 73 Student Association, or the equivalent, as a member of the Board 74 of Governors of the State University System and to require that 75 the Governor appoint a state university student body president 76 to the Board of Governors. Specifically, the amendment requires 77 that a state university student body president must be one of 15 78 citizen members appointed to the Board of Governors by the 79 Governor, except the state university student body president is 80 not subject to confirmation by the Senate and the term of 81 appointment is 1 year. The amendment also provides that a 82 student body president of a state university is not eligible for 83 appointment if the student body president appointed to the Board 84 of Governors in the previous year was from the same state 85 university.