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three states recognize the State Board of Education. Yet

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the minority in their proposed Section 804 do refer to

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governing boards of higher learning and later in the sec-

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tion mention such types of acts which these boards

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can provide.

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Again, the executive article which is given ten-

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tative approval by the majority of the people here today

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in its report made the specific provision for a board in

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the educational area. It apparently had anticipated some

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action in this field by the committee referring to

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education .

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We contend that after 97 years in being, the

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naming of the State Board of Education and its superin-

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tendent selected by that board is complementary in

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nature with those sections providing for such exceptions

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in the executive article. Certainly it is restrictive

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only in the event that one is not committed to the lay

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board concept for the governing of educational institu-

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tions. It may well be desirable at this point to discuss

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what the concern is about for a lay board of education.

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Frankly, I was never aware of the subtleties of this