A Monroe County judge on Friday found that a law giving Gov. Mike Braun full control of Indiana University’s Board of Trustee membership is constitutional, ruling against a would-be candidate who alleged it was unjust special legislation.
State law has required three members to be alumni directly elected by other alumni since 1891 — a unique system among Indiana’s public universities — until House Enrolled Act 1001 took effect last May.
Amendments slipped into the biennial budget bill allow Braun to select all nine board members. Five must be IU alumni, but potential picks aren’t reviewed by the alumni association…