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Monroe County board adopts policy allowing, but not requiring, student representatives after emergency vote
Summary
After debating whether to treat the measure as an emergency, the Monroe County Board of Education voted to adopt a state-mandated policy that allows school boards to appoint student representatives or create advisory student committees; the policy does not require appointment, board members said.
The Monroe County Board of Education voted to adopt a state-recommended policy allowing student representation after first approving an emergency motion to consider and vote on the measure in a single meeting.
Board leaders said the change responds to a Tennessee law requiring school systems to have a policy in place by July 1 that provides for student representation from each high school. The chair told the board, "we have to have this policy in place by July 1," and presented the Tennessee…
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