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Byram Hills outlines implementation steps after new state law requiring student ex officio board member
Summary
Board members and administrators discussed the recently signed state law requiring each high school to have at least one ex officio student on its board, and the district previewed a recommendation to use the high‑school student government’s elected officers to fulfill the role and route the proposal to the policy committee.
At the Jan. 14 Byram Hills Central School District Board of Education meeting, administrators briefed the board on a new New York law that will require each high school to have at least one ex officio student board member beginning next year.
The presentation summarized statutory requirements the district identified: the student must have attended the high school for at least one year (so not a freshman), may sit with board members at public meetings, may participate in some events as directed…
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