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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 104 – Education bd, split, 2 councils

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 104

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SJR104.........................................................by SCHROEDER
EDUCATION BOARD - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the state
of Idaho to provide for the creation of two separate councils of the State
Board of Education; to provide for a council for higher education providing
general supervision of all state institutions of higher education; to
provide that the government and control of the University of Idaho shall be
by its board of regents; to provide that the government and control of all
other state institutions of higher education be by each institution's board
of trustees; to provide for a council for public schools providing
supervision, government and control of the public schools and any other
state educational institution not connected with postsecondary education;
to provide for the council for higher education and the council for public
schools, convened as a whole, to provide supervision, government and
control of general educational institutions and programs of common access
to both higher education and public school systems; and to provide that the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall serve as a member of the
council for public schools.
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                              SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 104
                                                                        
                                        BY SCHROEDER
                                                                        
  1                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
  2    PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2, ARTICLE IX, OF THE  CONSTITUTION  OF  THE
  3        STATE  OF  IDAHO, RELATING TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE FOR
  4        THE CREATION OF TWO SEPARATE COUNCILS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION,  TO
  5        PROVIDE  FOR  A COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDING GENERAL SUPERVISION
  6        OF ALL STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERN-
  7        MENT AND CONTROL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO  SHALL  BE  BY  ITS  BOARD  OF
  8        REGENTS,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  GOVERNMENT AND CONTROL OF ALL OTHER STATE
  9        INSTITUTIONS OF  HIGHER  EDUCATION  BE  BY  EACH  INSTITUTION'S  BOARD  OF
 10        TRUSTEES,  TO  PROVIDE FOR A COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDING SUPERVI-
 11        SION, GOVERNMENT AND CONTROL OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS  AND  ANY  OTHER  STATE
 12        EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTION  NOT  CONNECTED  WITH POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, TO
 13        PROVIDE FOR THE COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE  COUNCIL  FOR  PUBLIC
 14        SCHOOLS,  CONVENED AS A WHOLE, TO PROVIDE SUPERVISION, GOVERNMENT AND CON-
 15        TROL OF GENERAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMS OF COMMON ACCESS  TO
 16        BOTH  HIGHER  EDUCATION  AND PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE
 17        STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SHALL SERVE AS A MEMBER OF  THE
 18        COUNCIL  FOR  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS; STATING THE QUESTION TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
 19        ELECTORATE; DIRECTING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO  PREPARE  THE  STATEMENTS
 20        REQUIRED  BY  LAW;  AND  DIRECTING  THE  SECRETARY OF STATE TO PUBLISH THE
 21        AMENDMENT AND ARGUMENTS AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
                                                                        
 22    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 23        SECTION 1.  That Section 2, Article IX, of the Constitution of  the  State
 24    of Idaho be amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 25             SECTION  2.  BOARD  OF EDUCATION. The general supervision of the
 26        state educational institutions and public school system of the  state
 27        of  Idaho, shall be vested in a state board of education, the member-
 28        ship, powers and duties of which shall  be  prescribed  by  law.  The
 29        board  shall  comprise  two separate councils. The council for higher
 30        education shall provide general supervision of all state institutions
 31        of higher education. The government and control of the University  of
 32        Idaho shall be by its board of regents and each of the other individ-
 33        ual  state  institutions  of postsecondary education shall be by each
 34        institution's board of trustees, the membership  of  which  shall  be
 35        prescribed  by  law.  The  council  for  public schools shall provide
 36        supervision, government and control of the  public  schools  and  any
 37        other  state educational institution not connected with postsecondary
 38        education. The council for higher education and the council for  pub-
 39        lic  schools, convened as a whole, shall provide supervision, govern-
 40        ment and control of general educational institutions and programs  of
 41        common  access  to both higher educational and public school systems.
 42        The state superintendent of public instruction shall be ex officio  a
 43        member of said board the council for public schools.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION  2.  The  question to be submitted to the electors of the State of
  2    Idaho at the next general election shall be as follows:
  3        "Shall Section 2, Article IX, of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be
  4    amended to provide for the creation of two  separate  councils  of  the  state
  5    Board  of  Education,  to provide for a council for higher education providing
  6    general supervision of all state institutions of higher education, to  provide
  7    that  the  government  and  control of the University of Idaho shall be by its
  8    board of regents, to provide that the government  and  control  of  all  other
  9    state  institutions  of postsecondary education be by each institution's board
 10    of trustees, to provide for a council for public  schools  providing  supervi-
 11    sion,  government and control of the public schools and any other state educa-
 12    tional institution not connected with postsecondary education, to provide  for
 13    the  council for higher education and the council for public schools, convened
 14    as a whole, to provide supervision, government and control of  general  educa-
 15    tional institutions and programs of common access to both higher education and
 16    public  schools,  and  to  provide  that  the  State  Superintendent of Public
 17    Instruction shall serve as a member of the council for public schools?".
                                                                        
 18        SECTION 3.  The Legislative Council is directed to prepare the  statements
 19    required by Section 67-453, Idaho Code, and file the same.
                                                                        
 20        SECTION 4.  The Secretary of State is hereby directed to publish this pro-
 21    posed constitutional amendment and arguments as required by law.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 15637

The purpose of this Joint Resolution is to amend the Constitution
of the State of Idaho to provide for two separate councils of the
State Board of Education.  One would be the Council for Higher
Education and the other would be the Council for Public Schools. 
The Resolution also provides that the government and control of
the University of Idaho shall be by its board of regents and each
of the other individual state institutions of higher education
shall be by each institution's board of trustees.


                           FISCAL NOTE

The Secretary of State's office estimates that it will cost
$50,000 to place this measure on the November ballot.




Contact
Name: Senator Gary Schroeder 
Phone: 208-332-1324




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                       SJR 104