February 19, 2025
The Board member must be an alumni of one of many HBCUs underneath the College System.
A Georgia lawmaker has proposed a brand new invoice that will require an HBCU graduate to be an at-large member of the College System’s Board of Regents.
Rep. Floyd Griffin of Milledgeville launched the measure that will guarantee an alum of a traditionally Black faculty or college would all the time be a part of the board. Not less than one must serve on the Board of Regents by the beginning of 2028 and improve to 2 members by 2031.
Griffin needs the invoice to guarantee illustration on the prime of the College System of Georgia. He launched an announcement on the matter, stating the need of a assured spot on the board belonging to such graduates.
“Underneath HB 203, we decide to precisely representing our state’s college system by guaranteeing {that a} place of the Board of Regents is held by a member of an HBCU,” Griffin mentioned, as reported by WSB-TV.
Nevertheless, the invoice additionally designates that the member should have graduated from an HBCU inside Georgia’s College System. At present, the state has 10 establishments underneath this distinction. This contains the faculties on the Atlanta College Middle, reminiscent of Spelman, Morehouse, Morris Brown Faculty, and Clark Atlanta College.
Different Georgia-based HBCUs embrace Albany, Fort Valley, and Savannah State College, amongst others. The group additionally expands to predominantly white establishments reminiscent of Georgia State, Georgia Southern, and the College of Georgia.
The College System’s Board of Regents has 19 members. 5 are appointed by the state, and the opposite 14 are from congressional districts. Created in 1931, the board oversees all 24 schools and universities throughout the system and the Georgia Archives and Public Library providers.
If handed, the invoice would dedicate a seat on this instructional physique from a various establishment for years to return.
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