2. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, each board of trustees of a charter school that includes grades nine through 12 shall include a minimum of one student selected by the student body to serve as a nonvoting student representative on the board. The student body may elect or appoint the student representative to the board, in a process to be determined by the chief school administrator of a charter school and shall consider input provided by the student body. The student representative shall serve for a one-school-year term.

b. The duties of the student representative shall include:

(1) attending all board meetings, except that a student representative shall be excluded from discussions of the board involving subjects which are confidential;

(2) representing all high school students within the charter school and presenting student proposals and concerns to the board for its consideration; and

(3) keeping high school students within the charter school informed of the business of the board by providing a monthly report to the student council concerning the activities of the board.

L.2021, c.446, s.2.