Section 388.1093 - Advisory commission on education of the gifted and/or academically talented; creation; appointment and qualifications of members; ex officio member and chairman; director; compensat - Michigan Statutes

EDUCATION FOR THE GIFTED AND/OR ACADEMICALLY TALENTED ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 299 of 1974

388.1093 Advisory commission on education of the gifted and/or academically talented; creation; appointment and qualifications of members; ex officio member and chairman; director; compensation.

Sec. 3.

(1) The advisory commission on education of the gifted and/or academically talented is created in the department of education. The commission consists of 20 members of which not more than 1/2 shall represent the education profession. The members shall be appointed by the state board of education. The state superintendent of public instruction or his designated agent shall be a nonvoting, ex officio member and shall serve as chairman. The commission membership shall include a director appointed by the state board of education, representatives of labor, business, or industry, a noneducational state governmental agency, local and intermediate school board members and administrators, a community college district, a 4-year college or university, a neighborhood education authority, a school psychologist, a specialist in the psychology and education of the gifted and/or academically talented students, a parent, a teacher, a counselor, a high school student, and a post high school student.

(2) The director shall be employed full time as a staff member of the department of education and shall carry out all administrative and organizational functions of the commission as well as any other duties concerning the needs of the gifted and/or academically talented students. Other members of the commission shall serve without compensation except for necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

History: 1974, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1974