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Relating to the composition of the boards of directors of school districts by including certain specified nonvoting members
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 1, 2022
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the composition of the boards of directors of school districts by including certain specified nonvoting members. The bill requires the board of directors of a school district to appoint a student, the parent or guardian of a student, and a teacher employed by the school district to serve as nonvoting members on the school board for a term of one year. The bill requires the board of directors of a school district to develop an application process for the appointment of nonvoting members.
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The process must require the consent of the nonvoting student member’s parent or guardian if the student is a minor. The bill provides that a vacancy in the membership of a nonvoting member shall not be filled until the expiration of the nonvoting member’s term. The bill requires the nonvoting student member to have been enrolled in the school district for at least one year prior to the student member’s appointment.7 (the board of directors of school districts).