Bill Text: MI SJRD | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Higher education: state universities; student admissions preferences based on certain familial relationships; prohibit. Amends secs. 5 & 6, art. VIII & adds sec. 10 to art. VIII of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-08-24 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SJRD Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SJRD-Introduced.html
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION D
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 prohibit state universities from establishing or applying student admissions preferences based on certain familial relationships.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state constitution of 1963, to prohibit state universities from establishing or applying student admissions preferences based on certain familial relationships, 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 not establish or apply any student admission standard under which preference is given to an applicant on the basis of the applicant's familial relationship to any alumni of the institution or any past or present officers, agents, or employees of the institution.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be submitted to the people of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by law.
