Bill Text: NJ A3392 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires student representative be appointed to each board of education of school district and board of trustees of charter school that includes grades nine through 12.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-01-18 - Approved P.L.2021, c.446. [A3392 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A3392-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 3392
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblywoman BRITNEE N. TIMBERLAKE
District 34 (Essex and Passaic)
Assemblywoman MILA M. JASEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Murphy and Vainieri Huttle
SYNOPSIS
Requires student representative be appointed to each board of education of school district and board of trustees of charter school that includes grades nine through 12.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Education Committee on October 22, 2020, with amendments.
An Act concerning student representatives on certain boards of education 1and boards of trustees of charter schools1 and supplementing chapter 12 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes 1and P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-1 et seq.)1.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, each board of education of a school district that includes grades nine through 12 shall 1[appoint the student who serves as the president of the student council, or a designee of the president of the student council,] include a minimum of one student selected by the student body1 to serve as a nonvoting student representative on the board. 1The student body may elect or appoint the student representative to the board, in a process to be determined by the student body.1 The student representative shall serve for a one school year term.
1In the case of a school district that includes more than one high school, the student representative of the board shall rotate each school year among the high schools in the school district.1
b. The duties of the student representative shall include:
(1) attending all board meetings, except that a student representative shall be excluded from discussions of the board involving subjects which are confidential;
(2) representing all public high school students within the district and presenting student proposals and concerns to the board for its consideration; and
(3) keeping public high school students informed of the business of the board by providing a monthly report to the student council concerning the activities of the board.
12. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, each board of trustees of a charter school that includes grades nine through 12 shall include a minimum of one student selected by the student body to serve as a nonvoting student representative on the board. The student body may elect or appoint the student representative to the board, in a process to be determined by the student body. The student representative shall serve for a one school year term.
b. The duties of the student representative shall include:
(1) attending all board meetings, except that a student representative shall be excluded from discussions of the board involving subjects which are confidential;
(2) representing all high school students within the charter school and presenting student proposals and concerns to the board for its consideration; and
(3) keeping high school students within the charter school informed of the business of the board by providing a monthly report to the student council concerning the activities of the board.1
1[2.] 3.1 This act shall take effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment.
