HB1238 (2010) Detail

Relative to student membership on the university system of New Hampshire board of trustees.


HB 1238 – AS INTRODUCED

2010 SESSION

10-2476

04/05

HOUSE BILL 1238

AN ACT relative to student membership on the university system of New Hampshire board of trustees.

SPONSORS: Rep. St. Cyr, Belk 5; Rep. McEachern, Rock 16; Rep. Splaine, Rock 16; Rep Pantelakos, Rock 16

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill amends the student membership of the university system board of trustees.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2476

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to student membership on the university system of New Hampshire board of trustees.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 State College and University System; Trustees of University System. Amend RSA 187-A:13 to read as follows:

187-A:13 Trustees of University System. The general government of the university system and its constituent divisions and institutions shall be vested in a single board of [27] trustees composed as follows and in accordance with the following conditions:

I. Eight ex-officio members: the governor of the state, the chancellor of the university system, the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food, the commissioner of education, the president of the university of New Hampshire, the president of Plymouth state university, the president of Keene state college, the president of the Granite state college[;].

II. Eleven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council[;].

III.(a) [Two] Three members shall be students, one of whom shall be enrolled at Keene state college, one of whom shall be enrolled at Plymouth state university, [or] and one of whom shall be enrolled at the university of New Hampshire who shall serve as student trustees, for the term indicated in this paragraph[, on a rotating basis in the order listed below:

(1) One student each from the university of New Hampshire and Plymouth state university.

(2) One student each from Plymouth state university and Keene state college.

(3) One student each from Keene state college and the university of New Hampshire].

(b) The student trustees shall be elected by the student body at the school responsible for providing the student trustees. Said schools shall provide for the election of the student trustees in March of the year for which the student trustees shall be elected. The term of the student trustees shall be for one year commencing July 1 of the year for which the student was elected and ending June 30 of the next year. Student trustees shall be expected to serve the full duration of their elected term. In the event that a student trustee ceases for any reason to attend the school from which the student was elected, the chancellor of the university system shall declare a vacancy in that student trustee position, and the school causing the vacancy shall elect a replacement student trustee who shall serve for the remainder of the predecessor’s term. Graduation of a student trustee shall not constitute a vacancy under this paragraph.

IV. Four members elected by the alumni of the university of New Hampshire[;].

V. One member elected by the alumni of Keene state college[;].

VI. One member elected by the alumni of Plymouth state university.

At all times, 2 members of the board shall be farmers and both major political parties shall be represented on the board.

2 Applicability. The provisions of section 1 of this act shall apply upon the completion of the terms of the student members currently serving on the board of trustees.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.