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2022 SESSION

22107622D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1188
FLOOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by Senator Cosgrove
on March 8, 2022)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Davis)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-9.1, relating to the Board of Education; Student Advisory Board established.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-9.1 as follows:

§ 22.1-9.1. Student Advisory Board established.

A. There is hereby established the Student Advisory Board (the Advisory Board) for the purpose of providing student perspectives on matters before the Board.

B. The Advisory Board shall consist of eight members appointed by the Governor, each of whom shall be a high school student who will enter senior year during the following school year and each of whom shall reside in a different Superintendent's region. Each member shall serve for a term of one year, and no member is eligible to be reappointed.

C. The Advisory Board shall meet at least semiannually in either an in-person or a virtual format and shall designate at least one member to make an annual presentation to the Board that includes analysis of and recommendations on matters before the Board or any other matter that the Advisory Board deems relevant.