Louisiana Postsecondary Education Board of Trustees Amendment (2015)
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A Louisiana Postsecondary Education Board of Trustees Amendment was not on the October 24, 2015 ballot in Louisiana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have created a Louisiana Postsecondary Education Board of Trustees. The board would have governed public postsecondary education. Also, the amendment would have abolished the Board of Regents and the management boards of the postsecondary education system.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot text was:[1]
| “ | Do you support an amendment to reorganize the governance of public postsecondary education, including provisions to create the Louisiana Postsecondary Education Board of Trustees as a single governing board for public postsecondary education, to abolish the Board of Regents and the management boards of the postsecondary education systems, and to transfer the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the abolished boards to the new board of trustees. (Effective January 1, 2017, except that implementation provisions are effective January 1, 2016) (Amends Const. Art. IV, §22(A), Art. VII, §§10.1(C)(1) and (3) and (D)(1)(introductory paragraph) and 10.4(B)(1), (3), and (4), and Art. VIII, §§5 and 16; Adds Art. XIV, §41; Repeals Art. VIII, §§6, 7, 7.1, 8(B) and (D), and 12)[2] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Louisiana Constitution
The proposed constitutional amendment needed to be approved through a two-thirds vote in both legislative chambers to be placed on the ballot.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Legislature, "House Bill 60," accessed March 12, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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