Measure on the ballot in the 2020 Louisiana General Election in Louisiana.
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Get StartedPresent Constitution provides that the Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System, the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College shall be composed of fifteen members. Two members shall be from each congressional district and the remaining member or members shall be from the state at large, appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate. Present Constitution provides that the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the governor, as provided by law. In addition, the board shall have two student members as provided by law. All members selected and appointed by the governor shall be appointed with the consent of the Senate. Of those members selected and appointed by the governor, there shall be two members from each congressional district and the remaining member or members from the state at large. The board should be representative of the state’s population by race and gender to ensure diversity. Proposed Constitutional Amendment provides that when there is more than one at-large member on the Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System, the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or the Community and Technical Colleges, at least one at-large member shall be a resident of the state, and upon recommendation of the board, the governor may appoint persons who reside out-of-state as the remaining at-large member or members.
A "YES" vote is in support of amending the state constitution to allow the governor to appoint a person who resides out-of-state to serve as an at-large member of a public postsecondary education board of supervisors.
A "NO" vote is against amending the state constitution, keeping the requirement that at-large members of a public postsecondary education board of supervisors must reside within the state.
Do you support an amendment to allow the governor to appoint a person who resides out-of-state to serve as an at-large member of a public postsecondary education board of supervisors? (Amends Article VIII, Sections 6(B)(1), 7(B)(1), and 7.1(B)(1))
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