Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1002: State board of education; nomination, election, vacancies, membership.

Sec. 2.

Members of the state board shall be nominated and elected and vacancies in their offices shall be filled in accordance with the election laws of this state. The governor shall be ex officio a member of the state board, and the superintendent of public instruction appointed under the constitution of 1963 shall be its chairman, but neither of them shall have the right to vote.