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West Virginia Board of Education Membership Amendment (2016)
| West Virginia Board of Education Membership Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The West Virginia Board of Education Membership Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016 ballot in West Virginia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have composed the Board of Education with a number of elected members set by statute from each congressional district plus three members appointed by the West Virginia Governor. The total number of members on the board would not have been lower than six or more than eight. Elected members would have had staggered six-year terms. Elections would have been nonpartisan.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot title was:[1]
| “ | School Board Election Amendment[2] | ” |
Ballot summary
The proposed ballot summary was:[1]
| “ | The purpose of this amendment is to increase accountability for the implementation of education policies affecting West Virginia children by reforming the West Virginia Board of Education so that a majority of the members are elected based on their congressional district, and three members are appointed by the Governor.[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article XII, West Virginia Constitution
The proposed amendment was designed to amend Section 2 of Article XII of the West Virginia Constitution. The following struck-through text would have been deleted and the underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
The West Virginia Board of Education shall, in the manner prescribed by law, select the State Superintendent of free Public Schools, who shall serve at its will and pleasure. He or she shall be the chief school officer of the State and shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law.
The State Superintendent of free Public Schools shall be a member of the Board of Public Works as provided by subsection (b), section fifty-one, article six of this Constitution.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the West Virginia Constitution
The amendment needed to be approved by a two-thirds (66.67%) vote in both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature in order to appear on a ballot.
The West Virginia Legislature's 2015 session ended on March 15, 2015, without the bill passing both chambers. Legislators had the opportunity to reintroduce the bill during the 2016 legislative session, which was projected to begin on January 13, 2016, and run through March 12, 2016.
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 West Virginia Legislature, "Senate Joint Resolution 1," accessed February 25, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
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