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education.

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The real point is in the Majority Report, that

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the State Board of Education shall formulate policy, and

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exercise control and direction over the public school

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system.

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This is the power and the authority which we

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reject as being included in this Constitution.

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We also do not wish to make the State Super-

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intendent of Schools a constitutional office, as it is

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done in only very few States. I believe eleven States

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only require that the superintendent be appointed by the

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board in their Constitution, so that the institution of

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constitutional mandate for the flexibility of legislative

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enactment is such detail as requiring the State Board of

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Education to be appointed from various geographic areas.

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As the Minority's memorandum indicates, much of the

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language recommended by the Majority has been taken from

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existing statute, indicating that the General Assembly

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has recognized its responsibility in the past and dis-

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charged that responsibility.

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No compelling reasons have been advanced to