Article 8, Section 203. State Board of Education.
(1) Until July 1, 1984, there shall be a board of education, consisting of the Secretary of State, theAttorney General and the Superintendent of Public Education, for the management and investment of the school funds according to law, and for the performance of such other duties as may be prescribed. The superintendent and one (1) other of said board shall constitute a quorum.
(2) From and after July 1, 1984,
there shall be a State Board of Education which shall manage and invest
school funds according to law, formulate policies according to law for
implementation by the State Department of Education, and perform such other
duties as prescribed by law. The board shall consist of nine (9) members
of which none shall be an elected official. The Governor shall appoint
one (1) member who shall be a resident of the Northern Supreme Court District
and who shall serve an initial term of one (1) year, one (1) member who
shall be a resident of the Central Supreme Court District and who shall
serve an initial term of five (5) years, one (1) member who shall be a
resident of the Southern Supreme Court District and who shall serve an
initial term of nine (9) years, one (1)
member who shall be employed on
an active and full-time basis as a school administrator and who shall serve
an initial term of three (3) years, and one (1) member who shall be employed
on an active and full-time basis as a schoolteacher and who shall serve
an initial term of seven (7) years. The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint
two (2) members from the state at large, one (1) of whom shall serve an
initial term of four (4) years and one (1) of whom shall serve an initial
term of eight (8) years. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
appoint two (2) members from the state at large, one (1) of who shall serve
an initial term of two (2) years and one (1) of whom shall serve an initial
term of six (6) years. The initial terms of appointees shall begin on July
1, 1984, and all subsequent appointments shall begin on the first day of
July for a term of (9) years and continue until their successors are appointed
and qualify. An appointment to fill a vacancy which arises for reasons
other than by expiration of a term of office shall be for the unexpired
term only. The Legislature shall
by general law prescribe the compensation
which members of the board shall be entitled to receive. All members shall
be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate and no members shall
be actively engaged in the educational profession except as stated above.
SOURCES: 1869 art VIII § 3; Laws, 1982, ch. 618, eff January 28, 1983.