3198                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [Ch. 718

State Colleges — Student Membership on Board of Trustees

FOR the purpose of providing for student membership on
the board of trustees of the State Colleges;
relating generally to the appointment, the board of
trustees, the students; and clarifying the language.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 77A — Higher Education

Section 11

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 11 of Article 77A - Higher
Education, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 77A — Higher Education

11.

(a)     There is [hereby] established a board of
trustees to be known as the board of trustees of the
State colleges which shall exercise direction and control
of the public colleges of the State; Morgan State
College, State Teachers College at Bowie, Coppin State
Teachers College in Baltimore City, State Teachers
College at Frostburg, State Teachers College at
Salisbury, State Teachers College at Towson, The
University of Baltimore, and any other State college
offering a four-year course of study that may [hereafter]
be established, with the exception of the University of
Baltimore which shall be designated as an upper division
academic institution as [hereinafter] provided. Each
"State teachers college" shall [henceforth] be officially
known and referred to as "State college."

(b)    The board of trustees shall consist of [9]
[[11]] 10 members, [8] citizens of the State who shall be
appointed by the Governor, and including the State
Superintendent of Schools who shall serve ex officio with
full power to vote on any matter before the board.
[[TWO]] ONE OF THE MEMBERS SHALL BE [[STUDENTS AT STATE
COLLEGES. EACH]] A STUDENT AT A STATE COLLEGE. THE
STUDENT SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR,
COMMENCING ON JULY 1. IN THE FIRST YEAR OF STUDENT
MEMBERSHIP THE [[TWO]] STUDENT [[MEMBERS]] MEMBER SHALL
BE CHOSEN FROM THE FIRST [[AND SECOND]] CHARTERED STATE