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Show wjiv tij wiiilllUI I Willi J For O ; Against O Proposition J No. 3 i h EDUCATION ARTICLE REVISION membere f 1986 Legislature on final Pe: A " memberS): YeaS' 52; Nays' "! Absent or not voting, 12 SENATE (29 members): Yeas, 25; Nays, 4; Absent or not voting, 0. ' A iU WW u --j'J L , Official Ballot Title: Shall Article X, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, and 13 be amended and renumbered, and Article X, Sections 7, 9, 10, and 11 be repealed, and Article VII, Section 17 and Article XIII, Section 7 be repealed to provide an Education Article which: retains a public education system and establishes i. a higher education system; provides for public elementary and secondary schools to be free, while allowing the Legislature to authorize fees in the secondary schools; retains an elected board of education; allows the Legislature to provide for the governance of the higher education system; prohibits state and local governments from making appropriations for the direct support of educational institutions con- - ( trolled by any religious organization; repeals language in the Revenue and Taxation Article relating to education; repeals certain obsolete provisions; makes tech- - i nical changes; and provides an effective date of July 1, 1987? L,"-,,,.,,- ."- I.,..', .1'.' .. ...... "mmlli J Jf ( IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS n Proposal 2 into f6 PrWiSi?nS f tHe Educati0n Article Re be divided general categories: mI CnnS;H?1Ure Govern,ance of Eductin - The present Utah only one system of education: a public school system which includes "kindergarten schools; common schools J consisting of primary and grammar grades; high schools, an agricuL tural colleSe; a university; and such other schools as the Legislature may establish." The constitution establishes an elected State Board of Education to control the public school system. Shortly after statehood, new colleges and universities were formed. They were controlled in different but ways, at no one time was all of higher education controlled by the State Board of Education Colleges and universities were generally separated from the public education system. In 1969, the Legislature created a system of higher education for the colleges and universities of the state. At the same I tlnle' the glature created a State Board of Regents to control and supervise the system of higher education. The State Board of Regents 1 is appointed by the governor. p In 1972, the State Board of Education sued the State Board of 23 Re8ents claim'ng that the higher education system was unconstitu tional since the constitution did not provide for the creation of s system of higher education separate from public education. The L'uh Supreme Court decided that the practice of having two education systems was constitutional. The proposed constitutional revision provides for two systems"' education: a. Public Education System: Includes all public elementary and secondary schools, plus any other schools and programs that the Legislature may designate. An elected State Board of Education is given the control and supervision of the system (as in Itie present constitution). b. Higher Education universities and System: Includes all public colleges, plus any other institutions and programs that W Legislature may designate. The control and supervision of tW system is to be established by statute. The Legislature is allowed to place additional programs in each system so that certain programs and institutions, such as vocational education, may be assigned to the appropriate system. 2. Free Education The present constitution provides only that common schools (grades 18) shall be free. The revision states thai Page 16 |