HJR 931

1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 7
3	of 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	EDUCATION
17	SECTION 7.  State University System.-
18	(a)  PURPOSES.  In order to achieve excellence through
19	teaching students, advancing research and providing public
20	service for the benefit of Florida's citizens, their communities
21	and economies, the people hereby establish a system of
22	governance for the state university system of Florida.
23	(b)  STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.  There shall be a single
24	state university system comprised of all public universities. A
25	board of trustees shall administer each public university and a
26	board of governors shall govern the state university system.
27	(c)  LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES.  Each local constituent
28	university shall be administered by a board of trustees
29	consisting of thirteen members dedicated to the purposes of the
30	state university system. The board of governors shall establish
31	the powers and duties of the boards of trustees. Each board of
32	trustees shall consist of six citizen members appointed by the
33	governor and five citizen members appointed by the board of
34	governors. The appointed members shall be confirmed by the
35	senate and serve staggered terms of five years as provided by
36	law. The chair of the faculty senate, or the equivalent, and the
37	president of the student body of the university shall also be
38	members.
39	(d)  STATEWIDE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.  The board of governors
40	shall be a body corporate consisting of seventeen members. The
41	board shall operate, regulate, control, and be fully responsible
42	for the management of the whole university system. These
43	responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to, defining
44	the distinctive mission of each constituent university and its
45	articulation with free public schools and community colleges,
46	ensuring the well-planned coordination and operation of the
47	system, and avoiding wasteful duplication of facilities or
48	programs. The board's management shall be subject to the powers
49	of the legislature to appropriate for the expenditure of funds,
50	and the board shall account for such expenditures as provided by
51	law. The governor shall appoint to the board fifteen fourteen
52	citizens dedicated to the purposes of the state university
53	system, one of whom shall be a state university student body
54	president. The appointed members shall be confirmed by the
55	senate and serve staggered terms of seven years as provided by
56	law, except that a state university student body president
57	appointed to the board shall serve a term of one year and shall
58	not be subject to senate confirmation. A student body president
59	is ineligible for appointment if the student body president
60	appointed to the board in the previous year was from the same
61	state university. The commissioner of education and, the chair
62	of the advisory council of faculty senates, or the equivalent,
63	and the president of the Florida student association, or the
64	equivalent, shall also be members of the board.
65	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
66	placed on the ballot:
67	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
68	ARTICLE IX, SECTION 7
69	APPOINTMENT OF STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS
70	OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.-Proposing an amendment to the
71	State Constitution to remove the president of the Florida
72	Student Association, or the equivalent, as a member of the Board
73	of Governors of the State University System and to require that
74	the Governor appoint a state university student body president
75	to the Board of Governors. Specifically, the amendment requires
76	that a state university student body president shall be one of
77	15 citizen members appointed to the Board of Governors by the
78	Governor, except that a state university student body president
79	is not subject to confirmation by the Senate and the term of
80	appointment is 1 year. The amendment also provides that a
81	student body president of a state university is ineligible for
82	appointment if the student body president appointed to the Board
83	of Governors in the previous year was from the same state
84	university.

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