HJR 1359

1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 7 of
3	Article IX of the State Constitution to require the
4	Governor to appoint a state university student body
5	president to the Board of Governors of the State
6	University System.
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8	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	That the following amendment to Section 7 of Article IX of
11	the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
12	the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
13	general election or at an earlier special election specifically
14	authorized by law for that purpose:
15	ARTICLE IX
16	SECTION 7.  State University System.-
17	(a)  PURPOSES.  In order to achieve excellence through
18	teaching students, advancing research and providing public
19	service for the benefit of Florida's citizens, their communities
20	and economies, the people hereby establish a system of
21	governance for the state university system of Florida.
22	(b)  STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.  There shall be a single
23	state university system comprised of all public universities. A
24	board of trustees shall administer each public university and a
25	board of governors shall govern the state university system.
26	(c)  LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES.  Each local constituent
27	university shall be administered by a board of trustees
28	consisting of thirteen members dedicated to the purposes of the
29	state university system. The board of governors shall establish
30	the powers and duties of the boards of trustees. Each board of
31	trustees shall consist of six citizen members appointed by the
32	governor and five citizen members appointed by the board of
33	governors. The appointed members shall be confirmed by the
34	senate and serve staggered terms of five years as provided by
35	law. The chair of the faculty senate, or the equivalent, and the
36	president of the student body of the university shall also be
37	members.
38	(d)  STATEWIDE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.  The board of governors
39	shall be a body corporate consisting of seventeen members. The
40	board shall operate, regulate, control, and be fully responsible
41	for the management of the whole university system. These
42	responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to, defining
43	the distinctive mission of each constituent university and its
44	articulation with free public schools and community colleges,
45	ensuring the well-planned coordination and operation of the
46	system, and avoiding wasteful duplication of facilities or
47	programs. The board's management shall be subject to the powers
48	of the legislature to appropriate for the expenditure of funds,
49	and the board shall account for such expenditures as provided by
50	law. The governor shall appoint to the board fourteen citizens,
51	one of whom shall be a state university student body president,
52	dedicated to the purposes of the state university system. The
53	appointed members shall be confirmed by the senate and serve
54	staggered terms of seven years as provided by law. The
55	commissioner of education and, the chair of the advisory council
56	of faculty senates, or the equivalent, and the president of the
57	Florida student association, or the equivalent, shall also be
58	members of the board.
59	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
60	placed on the ballot:
61	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
62	ARTICLE IX, SECTION 7
63	APPOINTMENT OF STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS
64	OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.-Proposing an amendment to the
65	State Constitution to require that the Governor appoint the
66	student body president of a state university to the Board of
67	Governors. Specifically, the amendment requires that one of the
68	fourteen citizen members appointed by the Governor be a state
69	university student body president who is subject to confirmation
70	by the Senate.

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