Authorizing the boards of directors of school districts to appoint student liaisons to the boards

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.