Bill Text: IA HF704 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the boards of directors of school districts to appoint student liaisons to the boards. (Formerly HF 563.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-04 - Referred to Education. H.J. 755. [HF704 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF704-Introduced.html
House
File
704
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
704
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
563)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
boards
of
directors
of
school
districts
to
1
appoint
student
liaisons
to
the
boards.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
279.3
Appointment
of
secretary
and
treasurer
——
student
3
liaison
.
4
1.
a.
The
board
shall
appoint
a
secretary
who
shall
not
be
5
a
teacher
employed
by
the
board
but
may
be
another
employee
of
6
the
board.
The
board
shall
also
appoint
a
treasurer
who
may
be
7
another
employee
of
the
board.
However,
the
board
may
appoint
8
one
person
to
serve
as
the
secretary
and
the
treasurer.
9
2.
b.
These
officers
shall
be
appointed
from
outside
the
10
membership
of
the
board
and
the
appointment
and
qualification
11
shall
be
entered
of
record
in
the
minutes
of
the
secretary.
12
They
shall
qualify
within
ten
days
following
appointment
by
13
taking
the
oath
of
office
in
the
manner
required
by
section
14
277.28
and
filing
a
bond
as
required
by
section
291.2
and
shall
15
hold
office
until
their
successors
are
appointed
and
qualified.
16
2.
The
board
shall
select
at
least
one
student
to
act
as
17
a
liaison
between
the
board,
administrators,
teachers,
the
18
student
council,
and
the
general
student
population.
The
19
board
shall
develop
and
implement
an
application
and
selection
20
process
for
the
position
of
student
liaison
to
the
board.
21
The
student
liaison
shall
have
a
seat
at
the
table
of
all
22
board
meetings
and
board
subcommittee
meetings
in
a
nonvoting
23
capacity,
and
shall
have
access
to
all
nonconfidential
24
board
meeting
materials.
However,
the
student
liaison
shall
25
not
be
admitted
to
a
closed
session
of
the
board
held
in
26
accordance
with
section
21.5,
nor
shall
the
student
liaison
27
have
access
to
information
in
a
record
in
the
board’s
custody
28
that
is
a
confidential
record
under
section
22.7.
The
29
student
liaison
may
advocate
for
student
interests
in
board
30
meetings,
provide
school
administrators
and
board
members
with
31
student
viewpoints,
assist
in
developing
and
monitoring
the
32
implementation
of
education
policy,
or
volunteer
to
perform
33
other
functions
of
benefit
to
the
students
and
the
district
34
that
the
board
deems
appropriate
for
a
student
to
carry
out.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
requires
the
boards
of
directors
of
school
4
districts
to
select
at
least
one
student
to
act
as
a
liaison
5
between
the
board,
administrators,
teachers,
the
student
6
council,
and
the
general
student
population.
The
student
7
liaison
must
have
a
seat
at
the
table
of
all
board
meetings
and
8
board
subcommittee
meetings
in
a
nonvoting
capacity;
and
have
9
access
to
all
nonconfidential
board
meeting
materials.
10
However,
the
student
liaison
shall
not
be
admitted
to
closed
11
board
sessions
nor
have
access
to
confidential
information
in
12
the
board’s
custody.
The
board
must
develop
and
implement
an
13
application
and
selection
process.
The
student
liaison
may
14
perform
functions
of
benefit
to
the
students
and
the
district
15
that
the
board
deems
appropriate
for
a
student
to
carry
out.
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