2024 House Bill 381: AN ACT relating to local school board student representatives.

House Bill 381 will require all local school boards to include a student representative. The student member will attend and participate in school board meetings to provide a student perspective and learn about school governance. A student delegate shall be a junior or senior public school student who has passed the  KRS 158.141 civics test and serves a one-year term. Each school board must adopt a policy to implement the student member, highlighting the selection process, eligibility requirements, and terms of service. Provisions must include a selection process that implements the vote of high school students. An attendance policy that excuses the student from missing a maximum of two meetings, allowance of teleconferencing. The member shall be non-voting and not participate in executive or closed board meetings sessions, however, shall be granted full participation in meetings the same as their fellow members.

KSVT is in strong support of this bill as it amplifies student voices state wide.