House Journal: Page 1763: Thursday, May 1, 2003
9 student member of the state board for a term of one
10 year beginning and ending as provided in section
11 69.19. The nonvoting student member shall be
12 appointed from a list of names submitted by the state
13 board of education. Students enrolled in either grade
14 ten or eleven in a public school may apply to the
15 state board to serve as a nonvoting student member.
16 The department shall develop an application process
17 that requires the consent of the student's parent or
18 guardian if the student is a minor, initial
19 application approval by the school district in which
20 the student applicant is enrolled, and submission of
21 approved applications by a school district to the
22 department. The nonvoting student member's school
23 district of enrollment shall notify the student's
24 parents if the student's grade point average falls
25 during the period in which the student is a member of
26 the state board. The state board shall adopt rules
27 under chapter 17A specifying criteria for the
28 selection of applicants whose names shall be submitted
29 to the governor. Criteria shall include, but are not
30 limited to, academic excellence, participation in
31 extracurricular and community activities, and interest
32 in serving on the board. Rules adopted by the state
33 board shall also require, if the student is a minor,
34 supervision of the student by the student's parent or
35 guardian while the student is engaged in authorized
36 state board business at a location other than the
37 community in which the student resides, unless the
38 student's parent or guardian submits to the state
39 board a signed release indicating the parent or
40 guardian has determined that supervision of the
41 student by the parent or guardian is unnecessary. The
42 nonvoting student member shall be appointed without
43 regard to political affiliation appointment is not
44 subject to section 69.16 or 69.16A. The nonvoting
45 student member shall have been enrolled in a public
46 school in Iowa for at least one year prior to the
47 member's appointment. A nonvoting student member who
48 will not graduate from high school prior to the end of
49 a second term may apply to the state board for
50 submission of candidacy to the governor for a second
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1 one-year term. A nonvoting student member shall be
2 paid a per diem as provided in section 7E.6 and the
3 student and the student's parent or guardian shall be
4 reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred
5 in the performance of the student's duties as a
6 nonvoting member of the state board. A vacancy in the
7 membership of the nonvoting student member shall not
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