Amendment #132 to H5150

Community College Student Trustees

Mr. Vieira of Falmouth "moves to amend the bill by adding the following section: -

Section XX. Section 21 of Chapter 15A of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph in its entirety and replacing it with the following: -

“One member of such board of trustees shall be an undergraduate student member from said institution, and ten members shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to the provisions of section eighteen B of chapter six, at least one of whom shall be an alumnus of said institution and one of whom shall be elected thereto by the alumni association of said institution. Each elected alumnus member shall be elected every five years. No elected alumnus member shall serve for more than two consecutive terms. A vacancy in the position of elected alumnus member prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled for the remainder of the term in the same manner as elections to full terms. Student member eligibility shall be established by number of credit hours and grade point average established by the Department of Higher Education in conjunction with the institutions and their Board of Trustees. Each student member shall be elected by the student body annually, no later than May fifteenth. The term of office of each elected student member of the board shall be one year and shall commence on July first following their election and terminate on June thirtieth of the following year. The student member shall be eligible for re-election for as long as said student remains an eligible undergraduate student and maintains satisfactory academic progress as determined by the policy of the institution at which the student is enrolled. If at any time during the elected term of office said student member ceases to maintain the number of credit hours or grade point average determined for eligibility or fails to maintain satisfactory academic progress, the membership of said student on the board shall be terminated and the office of the elected student member shall be deemed vacant, provided, however, that if the elected student member vacates his position upon graduation from the institution prior to July first, the elected successor may assume the position of student member on the board effective from the date of graduation of his predecessor, provided further that the statutory time limit of one year of the successor student trustee shall commence to run on July first notwithstanding any taking of office prior to the commencement of said term. A vacancy in the office of the elected student member prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled for the remainder of the term in the same manner as student elections to full terms.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #132 to H5150

Community College Student Trustees