Comprehensive Standard 3.2.5
Members of the governing board can be dismissed only for cause and by due process.
X Compliance Partial Compliance Non-Compliance
Narrative
The composition of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System is prescribed by the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 in Article VIII. Section 6. B
[1].
The Board is comprised of sixteen members.
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Louisiana Constitution of 1974, Article VIII. Section 6. B
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§ 6. Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System
(B) Membership; Terms. The board shall be composed of two members from each congressional
district and one member from the state at large, appointed by the governor with consent of
the Senate. The members shall serve overlapping terms of six years, following initial terms fixed
by law.
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The sixteenth member of the Board is a student member elected by and from the membership of the Council of
Student Body Presidents of the universities within the System, for a term not to exceed one year.
Article VIII. Section 8. B of the Constitution
[2]
specifically addresses student membership of the Board:
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Louisiana Constitution of 1974, Article VIII. Section 8. B
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§ 8. Boards; Memberships; Compensations
(B) Student Membership. The legislature may provide for the membership of one student on the boards created
by Sections 5, 6 and 7 of this Article. The term of a student member shall not exceed one year, and no student
member shall be eligible to succeed himself. A student member shall have all of the privileges and rights of
other board members.
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Once appointed by the Governor, a board member can be dismissed in only one way as outlined in Louisiana
Revised Statute 42:1411. A: "A public officer shall be removed from office for conviction, during his
term of office, of a felony" [3]. As the statute further specifies, due process is provided through the
legal system. If the conviction is reversed on appeal, the suspended board member may return to office
with all rights and privileges to which the member is entitled in the position.
In addition to the above-mentioned state law, the Board of Supervisors for the University of
Louisiana System includes the following in its Bylaws, Section I. C [4]:
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University of Louisiana System, Board Rules, Bylaws, Section I. C
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
C. Members of the Board. Members of the Board are considered to be appointed state officials in unclassified service
(La. Const., Art. X Public Officials and Employees, Part I., Sec. 2). As such, they may be
removed from office through impeachment for cause (La. Const., Art. X. Public Officials
and Employees, Part III, Sec. 24). Cause may include, but may not be limited to, commission
or conviction during the term of office, of a felony or for malfeasance or gross misconduct
while in office. Due process shall be provided with a trial by the Senate.
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Documentation
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