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Committee discusses adding student ex officio board members; no formal vote
Summary
The policy committee discussed state-mandated inclusion of a student ex officio board member beginning July and debated selection methods, number of representatives and participation rules; committee agreed to discuss parameters at agenda setting rather than move the draft to the board yet.
Members of the Newburgh City School District Policy Committee on March 6 discussed a state-mandated requirement to include an ex officio student member of the board beginning in July and wrestled with how many students to include, how they'd be selected and what duties and limitations they would have.
The committee heard that the statute requires student ex officio members to sit with the board at public meetings and be allowed to speak on issues, but they may not attend executive sessions or vote. Mr. Shaw (staff) explained…
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