Bill Text: MI HJRS | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Higher education; tuition; public universities to offer in-state tuition to all veterans; require. Amends secs. 5 & 6, art. VIII of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-23 - Printed Joint Resolution Filed 04/23/2009 [HJRS Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HJRS-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION S
April 22, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Stamas and referred to the Committee on Education.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending sections 5 and 6 of article VIII,
to require public universities to consider certain veterans of the
armed forces residents of this state for determining their tuition
rates.
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 public universities to consider
certain veterans of the armed forces residents of this state for
determining their tuition rates, is proposed, agreed to, and
submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE VIII
Sec. 5. (1) 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
board
(2) Subject to subsection (5), the board of an institution
described in subsection (1) shall have general supervision of its
institution and the control and direction of all expenditures from
the
institution's funds. Each board
(3) The board of an institution described in subsection (1)
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.
(4)
The board of each an institution
described in subsection
(1) 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.
(5) The board of an institution described in subsection (1)
shall consider a student enrolled in that institution a resident of
this state for determining his or her tuition rates if the student
is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the
United States.
Sec. 6. (1) 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
(2) Subject to subsection (5), the board of an institution
described in subsection (1) shall have general supervision of the
institution and the control and direction of all expenditures from
the
institution's funds. It
(3) The board of an institution described in subsection (1)
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.
(4) 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.
(5) The board of an institution described in subsection (1)
shall consider a student enrolled in that institution a resident of
this state for determining his or her tuition rates if the student
is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the
United States.
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.
