New bill aims to expand student participation on school boards

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)--In New York State, a student representative is authorized to sit on a school board. But if a recently passed bill is signed, it would become a requirement for all school districts and BOCES.

"Obviously the student wouldn’t be able to vote," explained Senator Shelley Mayer, the Senate's Education Chair. "The student wouldn’t be able to go into the executive sessions about personnel or any of the things appropriately confidential. But a student would be able to talk about the experience of students...