House
File
658
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
658
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
437)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
the
boards
of
directors
of
school
districts
1
to
appoint
student
liaisons
to
the
boards.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.3,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
279.3
Appointment
of
secretary
and
treasurer
——
student
3
liaison
.
4
1.
a.
The
board
shall
appoint
a
secretary
who
shall
not
be
5
a
teacher
employed
by
the
board
but
may
be
another
employee
of
6
the
board.
The
board
shall
also
appoint
a
treasurer
who
may
be
7
another
employee
of
the
board.
However,
the
board
may
appoint
8
one
person
to
serve
as
the
secretary
and
the
treasurer.
9
2.
b.
These
officers
shall
be
appointed
from
outside
the
10
membership
of
the
board
and
the
appointment
and
qualification
11
shall
be
entered
of
record
in
the
minutes
of
the
secretary.
12
They
shall
qualify
within
ten
days
following
appointment
by
13
taking
the
oath
of
office
in
the
manner
required
by
section
14
277.28
and
filing
a
bond
as
required
by
section
291.2
and
shall
15
hold
office
until
their
successors
are
appointed
and
qualified.
16
2.
a.
The
board
shall
develop
and
implement
an
application
17
and
selection
process
for
the
position
of
student
liaison,
18
who
shall
act
as
a
liaison
between
the
board,
administrators,
19
teachers,
the
student
council,
and
the
general
student
20
population.
If
an
applicant
for
student
liaison
satisfies
the
21
board’s
application
and
selection
process,
the
board
shall
22
select
at
least
one
applicant
to
act
as
a
student
liaison.
23
b.
The
student
liaison
shall
have
a
seat
at
the
table
24
of
all
regular
meetings
of
the
board
and
board
subcommittee
25
meetings
in
a
nonvoting
capacity,
and
shall
have
access
to
all
26
nonconfidential
board
meeting
materials.
The
student
liaison
27
may
advocate
for
student
interests
in
regular
meetings
of
the
28
board,
provide
school
administrators
and
board
members
with
29
student
viewpoints,
assist
in
developing
and
monitoring
the
30
implementation
of
education
policy,
and
volunteer
to
perform
31
other
functions
of
benefit
to
the
students
and
the
district
32
that
the
board
deems
appropriate
for
a
student
to
carry
out.
33
c.
The
student
liaison
shall
not
do
any
of
the
following:
34
(1)
Participate
in
special
meetings
of
the
board.
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(2)
Be
involved
in
board
meetings
related
to
the
discipline
1
of
employees
of
the
school
district
or
students
enrolled
in
the
2
school
district.
3
(3)
Have
access
to
documents
involving
the
discipline
of
4
employees
of
the
school
district
or
students
enrolled
in
the
5
school
district.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
authorizes
the
boards
of
directors
of
school
10
districts
to
select
students
to
act
as
liaisons
between
11
the
board,
administrators,
teachers,
the
student
council,
12
and
the
general
student
population.
The
board
must
develop
13
and
implement
an
application
and
selection
process.
If
an
14
applicant
satisfies
the
application
and
selection
process,
15
the
board
is
required
to
select
at
least
one
applicant
to
act
16
as
a
student
liaison.
The
student
liaison
must
have
a
seat
17
at
the
table
of
all
regular
meetings
of
the
board
and
board
18
subcommittee
meetings
in
a
nonvoting
capacity
and
must
also
19
have
access
to
all
nonconfidential
board
meeting
materials.
20
The
student
liaison
may
perform
functions
of
benefit
to
the
21
students
and
the
district
that
the
board
deems
appropriate
for
22
a
student
to
carry
out.
23
The
bill
prohibits
the
student
liaison
from
participating
in
24
special
meetings
of
the
board,
being
involved
in
board
meetings
25
related
to
employee
or
student
discipline,
or
having
access
to
26
documents
involving
employee
or
student
discipline.
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