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acting alone can appoint those serving as chief
administrative officers under boards or conmiissions which
head principal departments. It is felt that senatorial
confirmation is not necessary in this case because these
administrators do not make policy.
An exception is made, however, in the case of the
head or chief administrative officer of an institution
of higher learning or of the state public school system.
The committee recognizes that public education
occupies a unique position among the services rendered by
I the state. Therefore, to insulate public education from
the risk of political influence, the method of appointing
and removing these administrative officers is left to
the law-making process.
The last sentence of this section permits the
General Assembly to establish occupational qualifications
that: these appointees must meet. For example, the General
Assembly might require that the head of the State's
legal department be a lawyer admitted to the Bar for at
least five years or that the head of the State's fiscal
department be a certified public accountant.