Sec. 7. The state board of education is a body corporate and may purchase, have, hold, possess, enjoy, grant, alien, invest, sell, and dispose of real and personal property of every kind; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all the courts in this state; may have, use, alter and renew a seal; and may make such ordinances, bylaws and regulations as it deems proper for the government and conduct of the board and for the transaction of its business and the operation of the state institutions under its control if they are not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1007
State board of education; body corporate; seal; ordinances, bylaws, regulations
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Milliken v. Bradley (1977)
Most recently applied in Garden City Education Ass'n v. School District (September 2013)
1964, Act 287, Eff
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