HB 958

Abstract

Commission on Civic Education; model guidance on student participation in the work of local school boards. Requires the Commission on Civic Education, in conjunction with such stakeholders as it deems appropriate, to create and provide to each local school board no later than July 1, 2025, model guidance on the inclusion and involvement of students enrolled in the local school division in the work of the local school board, including model guidance on a process and structure for adding a student representative to the local school board.

Commission on Civic Education; model guidance on student participation in the work of local school boards. Requires the Commission on Civic Education, in conjunction with such stakeholders as it deems appropriate, to create and provide to each local school board no later than December 31, 2024, model guidance on the inclusion and involvement of students enrolled in the local school division in the work of the local school board, including model guidance on a process and structure for adding a student representative to the local school board.

School boards; student member required.Requires each school board to establish a method for the selectionof a student to serve as a member of the school board, subject tothe following conditions: (i) the student is enrolled in a publichigh school in the local school division; (ii) any such student iseligible to be selected as a member of the school board without regardto such student's age or citizenship status, provided, however, thatin the event that the method for selection of the student member is election, the student meets the qualifications to hold electiveoffice set forth in Article II, Section 5 of the Constitution ofVirginia; (iii) the school board establishes detailed policies, procedures,and timelines relating to such selection method, including policiesthat establish term length, eligibility to serve with or withoutvoting privileges, eligibility for a salary, eligibility for selectionto subsequent terms, and grounds for removal; and (iv) each studentselected to serve as a member of the school board serves in additionto and not as a replacement for any member duly authorized and selectedto serve on the school board in accordance with relevant law, andeach such student member factors into the calculation of a quorum.