Budget Amendment ID: FY2021-S4-93-R1

Redraft EDU 93

Student Trustees

Mr. Brady, Ms. Gobi, Ms. Moran and Mr. Montigny moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 6 the following 3 sections:-

“SECTION 6A. Subsection (a) of section 4 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line_10, the word “full-time”.

SECTION 6B. Subsection (b) of said section 4 of said chapter 15A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the third sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-

The remaining members of the board shall be appointed to serve terms of 5 years; provided, however, that an undergraduate student member shall be appointed annually to serve a 1-year term commencing initially upon appointment by the governor and expiring on June 30 and, each year thereafter, commencing on July 1 and expiring on June 30 as long as the member remains an eligible undergraduate student during the member’s 1 year term.

SECTION 6C. Section 21 of said chapter 15A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

One member of such board of trustees shall be an undergraduate student member from said institution, and 10 members shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to section 18B of chapter 6, at least 1 of whom shall be an alumnus of said institution and 1 of whom shall be elected thereto by the alumni association of said institution. Each elected alumnus member shall be elected every 5 years. No elected alumnus member shall serve for more than 2 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 a full term. Student member eligibility shall be established by number of credit hours and grade point average established by the board of higher education after consultation with representatives from the higher education institutions. Each student member shall be elected by the student body annually, not later than May 15. The term of office of each elected student member of the board shall be 1 year and shall commence on July 1 following their election and terminate on June 30 of the following year. The student member shall be eligible for re-election for as long as the student member 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 the 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  student member’s membership on the board shall be terminated and the office of the elected student member shall be vacant; provided, however, that if the elected student member vacates their position upon graduation from the institution prior to July 1, the elected successor may assume the position of student member on the board effective from the date of graduation of their predecessor, provided further that the statutory time limit of 1 year of the successor student trustee shall commence to run on July 1 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 students elected to full terms.”.