By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Capitol Times
Saying the Arizona Constitution is being ignored, the chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents said Tuesday his colleagues should sue the Legislature if they do not come forward with more funds for the university system.
Mark Killian cites the constitutional provision which requires instruction at state universities be “as nearly free as possible.”
Killian, a former state legislator and speaker of the House, acknowledged the last time the Arizona Supreme Court took up the question – the regents were the defendants in that case brought by students – the justices ducked the issue. In essence, they said they could not determine what “as nearly free as possible” means, saying that’s a political rather than a legal question
