Utah Appointed Board of Education Amendment (2016)
| Appointed Board of Education Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Utah Appointed Board of Education Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016 ballot in Utah as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have provided that members of the State Board of Education be appointed by the Utah Governor, with the consent of the Senate, rather than have members of the board be elected by voters.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article X, Utah Constitution
The proposed amendment would have amended Section 3 of Article X of the Utah Constitution. The following struck-through text would have been deleted and underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
The general control and supervision of the public education system shall be vested in a State Board of Education. The membership of the board shall be established and elected as provided by statute. Members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate. The State Board of Education shall appoint a State Superintendent of Public Instruction who shall be the executive officer of the board.[2]
Support
The amendment was sponsored by Sen. Ann Millner (R-18) and Rep. Daniel McCay (R-41).[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Utah Constitution
According to the Utah Constitution, a two-thirds vote is required in one legislative session of the Utah Legislature to qualify the amendment for the ballot.
On March 3, 2015, the Utah House of Representatives voted down amendment (HJR 16) by a vote of 47 to 27.[3]
On March 4, 2015, the Utah Senate approved the amendment (SJR 5), with 24 senators voting in favor and 5 voting against.[1]
The Utah Legislature's 2015 session ended on March 12, 2015, without the bill passing both chambers. State law gave legislators the option to reintroduce the bill during the 2016 legislative session, which began on January 25, 2016, and ran through March 10, 2016.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Utah Legislature, "Senate Joint Resolution 5," accessed February 24, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
- ↑ Utah State Legislature, "Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution -- Governance of Public Education," accessed December 2, 2015
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