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features of public institutions

Answer 1

A public institution is a juristic personin the United States which is backed through public funds and controlled by the state.[1][2] Typically a public institution will have a board of trusteeswho govern the institution and the members of the board are public officials who are appointed by the state (typically a person in the executive branch such as a state governor) for a fixed term of years. When public institutions are created, they lead to many other establishments such as new laws.

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In U.S. law, whether an institution is public or private determines how bound the institution is to the requirements for civil rights to which the state must conform (see also Equal Protection Clause). A public institution is required to conform to the same requirements as the state for constitutional questions meaning that the U.S. Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights, applies to the institution as does the constitution of the state in which the public institution resides. Court cases involving public institutions are within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Federal Court System.

In U.S. law, there are five major factors used by courts to determine if an institution is a public or a private institution and whether the court has jurisdiction in the case (see Powe v. Miles for an example).

what amount of control does the state have in the governance of the institutionwhat amount of state funding is used to support the institution's activitieswhat amount of the institution's property is owned by the statedoes the institution have tax-free statusis there a contract between the state and the institution