Bill Text: NJ A984 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
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 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-11 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A984 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A984-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION
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, McKnight, Lopez, Tucker, Lampitt, Swain and Assemblyman Tully
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
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning student representatives on certain boards of education and boards of trustees of charter schools and supplementing chapter 12 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes and P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-1 et seq.).
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 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 superintendent of a school district and shall consider input provided by the student body. The student representative shall serve for a one school year term.
In 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.
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.
2. 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 chief school administrator of a charter school and shall consider input provided 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.
3. This act shall take effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the board of education of each school district that includes grades nine through 12 and the board of trustees of each charter school that includes the grades nine through 12 to 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 of the board, in a process to be determined by the student body. Under the bill, the student representative will serve for a one school year term.
In the case of a school district that includes more than one high school, the student representative of the board will rotate each school year among the public high schools in the school district.
Under the bill, the duties of the student representative will include:
· attending all board meetings, except that a student representative will be excluded from discussions of the board involving subjects which are confidential;
· representing all high school students within the district or charter school and presenting student proposals and concerns to the board for its consideration; and
· keeping 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.
