What's happening
This bill allows villages to appoint a non-voting high school senior as a student representative on their board of trustees.
Why it matters
Gives high school seniors a formal platform to voice youth perspectives. on issues before village boards, increasing the visibility and relevance of student concerns in local decision-making.
Creates a structured, limited-term civic experience for young people. , helping to foster early engagement in government and potentially building a pipeline of future community leaders.
Ensures student participation is meaningful but bounded. the representative can attend and participate in all public sessions and hearings, but cannot vote, attend private (executive) sessions, or receive compensation, balancing youth involvement with board confidentiality and accountability.
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Add Student to Village Boards
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History
- Referred to local governments
- Referred to local governments
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Add Student to Village Boards
In Senate Committee · Local Government · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
S. 2998 A. 2349
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 18, 2017
IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to including a high school member on village boards of trustees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 3-301 of the village law is amended to read as follows:
b. four trustees, except that the board of trustees of a village may change the number of trustees as authorized by section 3-304 of this article, and except that the board of trustees of a village may appoint one student representative to such board as authorized by section 3-305 of this article;
§ 2. The village law is amended by adding a new section 3-305 to read as follows:
§ 3-305 Student representative. The board of trustees by resolution or local law may appoint one student representative to such board. Such student representative shall be a senior in a high school of a school district in which all or part of such school district is contained within such village. The term of such student representative shall be for one year and shall begin on the July first preceding the senior year of such student representative and end the following June thirtieth. A vacancy of such representative may be filled by the board for the remainder of such term. Such student representative shall be entitled to sit with board members at all public meetings of the board and participate in all board hearings and meetings, provided that such student representative shall not be allowed to vote, shall not be allowed to attend executive session, and shall not be entitled to receive compensation of any form.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03879-01-7
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