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Students press for a nonvoting student seat on Kansas Board of Regents; student advisory council not unanimous
Summary
Student leaders asked the Committee on Higher Education Budget to support an ex officio, nonvoting student seat on the Kansas Board of Regents to provide continuous student input; a members' caveat: the statewide Student Advisory Council voted against adding a student regent.
Student leaders told the Committee on Higher Education Budget they want a standing student presence on the Kansas Board of Regents to improve student access to the system's decisionmakers.
"What we're asking for is an ex officio non‑voting seat to allow students the voice constantly on the board," Danae Estebine, student vice president at the University of Kansas, said during testimony. Estebine told legislators that…
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