The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Cheryl Serrett.
DIGEST
SB 168 Original 2016 Regular Session Appel
Present constitution establishes the Board of Regents to plan, coordinate, and have budgetary
responsibility for all public postsecondary education. Specifies the board's powers, duties,
and responsibilities.
Present constitution creates the Board of Supervisors for the University of La. System, the
Board of Supervisors of LSU and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Board of
Supervisors of SU and Agricultural and Mechanical College all having supervision and management
of certain "four-year" colleges and universities and, in the case of the LSU and
SU boards, statewide agricultural programs and other programs administered through their
systems. Present constitution creates and provides for the Board of Supervisors of Community and
Technical Colleges, which is the management board for "two-year" colleges. Proposed constitutional
amendment retains present constitution.
Present constitution provides that powers of management over public institutions of postsecondary
education not specifically vested by present constitution in the Board of Regents are reserved to the
management boards. Proposed constitutional amendment provides instead that the management
boards are responsible for daily operations of the institutions and that the exercise of such
responsibility is subject to powers and policies of
the Board of Regents.
Specifies submission of the amendment to the voters at the statewide election to be held on
November 8, 2016.
(Amends Const. Art. VIII, Sec. 5(E))