Session of 1999
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1622
By Senators Jordan and Lawrence
9-27
10 A PROPOSITION to
amend sections 3 and 7 of article 6 of the consti-
11 tution of the state of
Kansas, relating to the state board of education.
12
13 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas, two-thirds of the
14 members elected (or
appointed) and qualified to the Senate and two-
15 thirds of the
members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House
16 of Representatives
concurring therein:
17
Section 1. The following proposition to amend the
constitution of the
18 state of Kansas shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of the state
19 for their approval or rejection: Section 3
of article 6 of the constitution
20 of the state of Kansas is hereby amended to
read as follows:
21 "§
3. Members of state board of education and state
board
22 of regents. (a)
There shall be ten members of From and
after
23 January 13,
2003, the state board of education shall have eleven
24 members with
overlapping terms as the legislature may prescribe.
25 The
legislature shall make provision for ten member districts,
each
26 comprised of
four contiguous senatorial districts. Members of
the
27 state board of
education shall be elected from eleven single-member
28 districts
prescribed by law. The electors of each member district
29 shall elect one person
residing in the district as a member of the
30 board. The legislature
shall prescribe the manner in which vacancies
31 occurring on the board
shall be filled.
32 (b) The
state board of regents shall have nine members with
33 overlapping terms as
the legislature may prescribe. Members shall
34 be appointed by the
governor, subject to confirmation by the senate.
35 Not less than
one member shall be appointed from each congres-
36 sional district with
the remaining members appointed at large, how-
37 ever, no two members
shall reside in the same county at the time
38 of their appointment.
Vacancies occurring on the board shall be
39 filled by appointment
by the governor as provided by law.
40
"(c) Subsequent redistricting shall not disqualify any
member
41 of either board from
service for the remainder of his a full
term of
42 office. Any
member of either board may be removed from office
43 for cause as may be
provided by law.
2
1 §
7. Savings clause. (a) All laws in
force at the time of the
2 adoption of this
amendment and consistent therewith shall remain
3 in full force
and effect until amended or repealed by the legislature.
4 All laws
inconsistent with this amendment, unless sooner repealed
5 or amended to
conform with this amendment, shall remain in full
6 force and effect
until July 1, 1969 2001.
7
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the
constitution to
8 the
contrary, no state superintendent of public instruction or
county
9
superintendent of public instruction shall be elected after
January
10 1,
1967.
11
(c) The state perpetual school fund or any part
thereof may be
12 managed and
invested as provided by law or all or any part thereof
13 may be
appropriated, both as to principal and income, to the
sup-
14 port of the
public schools supervised by the state board of
15
education."
16 Sec. 2. The
following statement shall be printed on the ballot with
17 the amendment as a whole:
18 "Explanatory
statement. The constitution of this state provides that
19 a
ten-member state board of education be elected from member
20
districts which are each composed of four state senatorial
21
districts.
22
"A vote for this proposition would increase the number of
members
23
on the board from 10 to 11, eliminate the requirement that each
24
state board of education member district be composed of four
25
state senatorial districts, and provide for establishment by law
of
26
state board of education member districts as is the case for
es-
27
tablishment of member districts of legislators.
28
"A vote against this proposition would retain the composition of
the
29
state of education board with 10 members and continue the re-
30
quirement that each state board of education member district
31
be composed of four state senatorial districts."
32
Sec. 3. This resolution, if approved by two-thirds of
the members
33 elected (or appointed) and qualified to the
Senate, and two-thirds of the
34 members elected (or appointed) and
qualified to the House of Repre-
35 sentatives shall be entered on the
journals, together with the yeas and
36 nays. The secretary of state shall cause
this resolution to be published as
37 provided by law and shall cause the
proposed amendment to be submitted
38 to the electors of the state at the general
election in the year 2000 unless
39 a special election is called at a sooner
date by concurrent resolution of
40 the legislature, in which case it shall be
submitted to the electors of the
41 state at the special election.
42