{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-viii-3","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Const. art. VIII, § 3","heading":"State board of education; duties.","body":"Sec. 3.\n\nLeadership and general supervision over all public education, including adult education and instructional programs in state institutions, except as to institutions of higher education granting baccalaureate degrees, is vested in a state board of education. It shall serve as the general planning and coordinating body for all public education, including higher education, and shall advise the legislature as to the financial requirements in connection therewith.\n\nThe state board of education shall appoint a superintendent of public instruction whose term of office shall be determined by the board. He shall be the chairman of the board without the right to vote, and shall be responsible for the execution of its policies. He shall be the principal executive officer of a state department of education which shall have powers and duties provided by law.\n\nThe state board of education shall consist of eight members who shall be nominated by party conventions and elected at large for terms of eight years as prescribed by law. The governor shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term. The governor shall be ex-officio a member of the state board of education without the right to vote.\n\nThe power of the boards of institutions of higher education provided in this constitution to supervise their respective institutions and control and direct the expenditure of the institutions' funds shall not be limited by this section.","path":["Michigan Constitution","Article VIII"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Article%20VIII%20%C2%A7%203","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"5ba03827a07b38ae4afd46568442feaa79b364a324a57d5ce1f0e33dcad0bb6f","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-viii-2","next":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-viii-4","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}