§3121.1. Student membership on the board
A. There shall be one student member of the Board of Regents. The student member shall be elected to the board by and from the membership of a council composed of the student body presidents-elect of the colleges and universities under the jurisdiction of the board. The board shall establish procedures for the election of the student member by the newly elected council of student body presidents to assure representation from each management system under the board's jurisdiction within a reasonable number of years to be established by the board. The newly elected council of student body presidents shall meet upon the call of the incumbent student member. Such meeting shall occur after the spring election of all student body presidents of the member colleges and universities and before May thirty-first of each year.
B. The student member shall be elected for a one-year term beginning on June first of each year, except that the student member elected for a term beginning on September 1, 2001, shall serve only until May 31, 2002. A student member shall be elected in the manner provided in Subsection A of this Section and as otherwise provided by the board for a one-year term beginning September 1, 2001; thereafter, a student member shall be elected for a one-year term beginning on June first of each year. The student member shall serve until his successor takes office.
C. The student member shall have all the privileges and rights of other board members and shall receive the same per diem, travel, and other expenses as other members of the board.
D. A vacancy in the office of the student member shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner provided in Subsection A herein and as otherwise provided by the board.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 275, §1, eff. July 13, 1981; Acts 1987, No. 357, §1; Acts 2001, No. 93, §1, eff. May 24, 2001.
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