SJR 86

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 86
  103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
  INTRODUCED BY SENATOR COLEMAN.
 5164S.01I  KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
  JOINT RESOLUTION
 Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 52 of article IV of
  the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to
  the coordinating board for higher education.
 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein:
1That at the next general election to be held in the
2  state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday
3  in November, 2026, or at a special election to be called by
4  the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to
5  the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or
6  rejection, the following amendment to article IV of the
7  Constitution of the state of Missouri:
1Section  A.  Section  52,      article       IV,   Constitution  of
2  Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu
3  thereof, to be known as section 52, to read as follows:
1Section 52.  There shall be established a department of
2  higher education.  A ["Coordinating Board for Higher
3  Education" which shall consist of nine members] director of
4  the department of higher education appointed by the governor
5  by and with the advice and consent of the senate shall be
6  established within the department.  [The qualifications and
7  terms of the members of the board shall be fixed by law, but
8  not more than five of its members shall be of the same
9  political party.  The coordinating board shall succeed the
10  commission on higher education] The director shall succeed
 EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
 and is intended to be omitted in the law.
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11 the coordinating board for higher education with all its
12 powers and duties and shall have such other powers and
13 duties as may be prescribed by law.
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