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Authorizing the boards of directors of school districts to appoint student liaisons to the boards
Sponsored by Sen. Tony Bisignano (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Izaah Knox (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Janice Weiner (D)
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary School boards can now choose students to serve as liaisons to help connect the board with students and teachers. These students can attend regular board meetings and see most meeting materials, but they cannot attend private meetings about discipline or see confidential files. The state will provide a model application process to help school districts select these students.1
Read the official explanation
This bill authorizes the boards of directors of school districts to select students to act as liaisons between the board, administrators, teachers, student council, and general student population. The board must develop and implement an application and selection process. If an applicant satisfies the application and selection process, the board is required to select at least one applicant to act as a student liaison. The student liaison must have a seat at the table of all regular meetings of the board and board subcommittee meetings in a nonvoting capacity and must also have access to all nonconfidential board meeting materials. The student liaison may perform functions of benefit to the students and the district that the board deems appropriate for a student to carry out.F. The bill prohibits the student liaison from participating in special meetings of the board, being involved in board meetings related to employee or student discipline, or having access to documents involving employee or student discipline. The bill requires the director of the department of education to develop and distribute to school districts a model application and selection process for the position of student liaison.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 28, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Lobbying
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2609 Authorizing the boards of directors of school districts to appoint student liaisons to the…90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2189 Authorizing the boards of directors of school districts to appoint student liaisons to the…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2609 · very similarCleared committee
- HF 658 Authorizing the boards of directors of school districts to appoint student liaisons to the…90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · very similarCleared committee
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