LD 2690
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LR 4179
Item 1

 
1. Membership. In appointing members to the school board,
the Governor shall give proper consideration to achieving
statewide geographical representation, cultural equity and gender
equity. In appointing voting members to the school board, the
Governor shall select nominees with experience or special
knowledge in one or more of the following areas:__law, finance,
organizational issues, management, education, human resources and
collective bargaining.__The school board and interested parties
may submit a list of recommended candidates to the Governor to
aid in making appointments of voting and nonvoting members.__The
appointments made by the Governor are subject to review by the
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction
over education matters and subject to confirmation by the
Legislature. The Governor shall appoint 13 the school board
consisting of 15 voting members and 2 nonvoting members as
follows:

 
A. Three Four parents of students who attend the school are
deaf or hard-of-hearing, including a minimum of one parent
with a child enrolled in the residential program and one
parent with a child receiving service from the school's
outreach program;

 
B. Three deaf representatives of the State's deaf
community;

 
C. Two individuals with Eight members of the general
public, at least 2 of whom must have expertise in deaf
education who are not employed by the school; and

 
D. Four members of the general public;

 
E. One parent of a deaf child who is enrolled in a local
educational agency receiving services from the school's
outreach program; and

 
F. Two students, one who attend attends the school and one
who receives outreach services, who both of whom are
nonvoting members and who may not participate as board
members in executive sessions or receive materials as board
members from executive sessions.

 
2. Chair. The school board shall choose annually one of its
members to serve as chair.

 
3. Meetings. The school board shall meet at regular
intervals.

 
4. Quorum. Each voting member of the school board is
entitled to one vote. Seven A majority of voting members of the
school board constitute constitutes a quorum for the transaction


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