No Vote on Full Voting Rights for Student School Board Members Next Year
After a bill that would allow the student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education full voting rights failed last year, advocates said they are taking a break in pushing for the change.
Advocates of full voting rights for student members of the Montgomery County Board of Education announced that they would take a two-year break from pursuing the issue in the Maryland General Assembly, The Gazette newspaper reports. A bill that would amend the student member's rights to include a vote on collective bargaining, capital and operating budgets and school closings, openings and boundaries cleared the House last March before being stalled in the state Senate, Patch reported. Last year, one of the proposal's opponents, Sen. Brian E. Frosh (D-Bethesda) said he believed the issues were "too complicated and burdensome" for students. Sen. Delores G. Kelley (D-Randallstown) said she felt the Senate would “rue the day” it voted to …
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