Bill Text: IA HF2419 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the boards of directors of school districts to appoint student liaisons to the boards. (Formerly HF 2358.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Referred to Education. H.J. 594. [HF2419 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2419-Introduced.html

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House File 2419 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2358)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the boards of directors of school districts to
  2    appoint student liaisons to the boards.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    TLSB 5689HV (1) 87
    kh/jh

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 279.3, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    279.3  Appointment of secretary and treasurer ==== student
  1  4 liaison.
  1  5    1.  a.  The board shall appoint a secretary who shall not be
  1  6 a teacher employed by the board but may be another employee of
  1  7 the board. The board shall also appoint a treasurer who may be
  1  8 another employee of the board. However, the board may appoint
  1  9 one person to serve as the secretary and the treasurer.
  1 10    2.  b.  These officers shall be appointed from outside the
  1 11 membership of the board and the appointment and qualification
  1 12 shall be entered of record in the minutes of the secretary.
  1 13 They shall qualify within ten days following appointment by
  1 14 taking the oath of office in the manner required by section
  1 15 277.28 and filing a bond as required by section 291.2 and shall
  1 16 hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified.
  1 17    2.  The board shall select at least one student to act as
  1 18 a liaison between the board, administrators, teachers, the
  1 19 student council, and the general student population.  The
  1 20 board shall develop and implement an application and selection
  1 21 process for the position of student liaison to the board.
  1 22 The student liaison shall have a seat at the table of all
  1 23 board meetings and board subcommittee meetings in a nonvoting
  1 24 capacity, and shall have access to all nonconfidential
  1 25 board meeting materials.  The student liaison may advocate
  1 26 for student interests in board meetings, provide school
  1 27 administrators and board members with student viewpoints,
  1 28 assist in developing and monitoring the implementation of
  1 29 education policy, or volunteer to perform other functions of
  1 30 benefit to the students and the district that the board deems
  1 31 appropriate for a student to carry out.
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 34 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 35    This bill requires the boards of directors of school
  2  1 districts to select at least one student to act as a liaison
  2  2 between the board, administrators, teachers, the student
  2  3 council, and the general student population. The student
  2  4 liason must have a seat at the table of all board meetings and
  2  5 board subcommittee meetings in a nonvoting capacity; and have
  2  6 access to all nonconfidential board meeting materials.  The
  2  7 board must develop and implement an application and selection
  2  8 process.  The student liaison may perform functions of
  2  9 benefit to the students and the district that the board deems
  2 10 appropriate for a student to carry out.
       LSB 5689HV (1) 87
       kh/jh