HB273 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

House Bill

In Committee

Current Status

Regular Session 2015

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: John W. Rogers Representative
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Const. Amend. to provide that the University of Alabama Board of Trustees include graduates of the Unversity of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Section 264 (Sec. 264, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended) am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama is responsible for the management and control of all campuses of the University of Alabama System. The board is composed of two members from each congressional district in the state, an additional member from the congressional district which includes the site of the first campus of the university, the State Superintendent of Education, and the Governor.
This bill would propose an amendment to Section 264 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 399 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 264 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to provide that the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama would be composed of individuals who are graduates of the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, or the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Subjects: Constitutional Amendments

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy