Bill > A05312

This bill amends the New York education law to increase student representation on various city-wide education councils by changing the status of high school student members from non-voting to voting members and increasing their number. Specifically, the bill modifies several education council structures, including the city-wide councils on special education, English language learners, high schools, and district seventy-five, by increasing the total number of voting members from eleven or thirteen to thirteen or fifteen, and changing high school student representatives from one non-voting to two voting members. Additionally, the bill expands student participation in community district education councils by increasing student voting members from two non-voting to three voting members and adding provisions that allow any high school student in a district to be eligible for board membership. These changes aim to give high school students more direct input and decision-making power in educational governance, regardless of their age, by ensuring they have voting rights on these important educational councils.

Education

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5312