(a. The State Board shall consist of fifteen members appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the General Assembly if in session, and if not, at its next succeeding session. The first appointments shall be four members for one year, four members for two years, four members for three years and three members for four years, and thereafter all such appointments shall be made for terms of four years each, except that appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. No person shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive four-year terms, except that a member may be appointed to a term of less than four years immediately prior to or between the four-year terms. No person shall be eligible for reappointment following two consecutive four-year terms for two years thereafter. Members shall continue to discharge their duties after their terms have expired until their successors have been appointed and have qualified.

(b. The State Board shall be composed of persons selected from the Commonwealth at large. No officer, employee, or member of the governing board of any public institution of higher education, or of any school subject to the control of the State Board, or any member of the General Assembly, or any member of the State Board of Education, shall be eligible for appointment to the Board. All members of the Board shall be deemed members at large charged with the responsibility of serving the best interests of the whole Commonwealth. No member shall act as the representative of any particular region or of any particular institution of higher education.

History

1966, c. 679; 1972, c. 136; 1983, c. 148.