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Policy committee examines New York mandate on student ex officio board members and seeks legal guidance
Summary
Committee members discussed the new state requirement for at least one student ex officio member of school boards, legal questions for small-city districts and timelines for drafting local policy.
The Ithaca City School District policy committee discussed how to implement a New York State requirement that school boards include at least one student ex officio member with enumerated responsibilities.
Dan (district staff) told the committee that the state mandate offers six selection options — student-body president, election by the student body, selection by student government, selection by the principal, selection by the superintendent or selection by majority board vote — and that special considerations may…
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