MICHIGAN CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE VIII
EDUCATION
Art. VIII §1 | ENCOURAGEMENT OF EDUCATION
Art. VIII §2 | FREE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS; DISCRIMINATION
Nonpublic schools, prohibited aid.
No public monies or property shall be appropriated or paid or any public credit utilized, by the legislature or any other political subdivision or agency of the state directly or indirectly to aid or maintain any private, denominational or other nonpublic, pre-elementary, elementary, or secondary school. No payment, credit, tax benefit, exemption or deductions, tuition voucher, subsidy, grant or loan of public monies or property shall be provided, directly or indirectly, to support the attendance of any student or the employment of any person at any such nonpublic school or at any location or institution where instruction is offered in whole or in part to such nonpublic school students. The legislature may provide for the transportation of students to and from any school.Footnotes
Constitutionality
That portion of second sentence of second paragraph of this section, prohibiting use of public money to support attendance of any student or employment of any person at any location or institution where instruction is offered in whole or in part to nonpublic students, was held unconstitutional, void, and unenforceable because it contravened free exercise of religion guaranteed by the United States Constitution and was violative of equal protection of laws provisions of United States Constitution. Traverse City School District v. Attorney General, 384 Mich. 390, 185 N.W. 2d 9 (1971).Art. VIII §3 | STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; DUTIES
Superintendent of public instruction; appointment, powers, duties.
The state board of education shall appoint a superintendent of public instruction whose term of office shall be determined by the board. He shall be the chairman of the board without the right to vote, and shall be responsible for the execution of its policies. He shall be the principal executive officer of a state department of education which shall have powers and duties provided by law.State board of education; members, nomination, election, term.
The state board of education shall consist of eight members who shall be nominated by party conventions and elected at large for terms of eight years as prescribed by law. The governor shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term. The governor shall be ex-officio a member of the state board of education without the right to vote.Boards of institutions of higher education, limitation.
The power of the boards of institutions of higher education provided in this constitution to supervise their respective institutions and control and direct the expenditure of the institutions’ funds shall not be limited by this section.Art. VIII §4 | HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; APPROPRIATIONS, ACCOUNTING, PUBLIC SESSIONS OF BOARDS
Art. VIII §5 | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY; CONTROLLING BOARDS
Art. VIII §6 | OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, CONTROLLING BOARDS
Each board of control shall consist of eight members who shall hold office for terms of eight years, not more than two of which shall expire in the same year, and who shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Vacancies shall be filled in like manner.
Art. VIII §7 | COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES; STATE BOARD, MEMBERS, TERMS, VACANCIES
Art. VIII §8 | SERVICES FOR DISABLED PERSONS
Art. VIII §9 | PUBLIC LIBRARIES, FINES
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