174.055. Student representative to board of regents or governors--appointment--powers--duties--limitation--qualifications--te from office--reimbursement of expenses. - Missouri Statutes

Student representative to board of regents orgovernors--appointment--powers--duties--limitation--qualifications--tefrom office--reimbursement of expenses.

174.055. 1. The governor shall, by and with the advice and consentof the senate, appoint a student representative to the board of regents orgovernors of each educational institution referred to in section 174.020who shall attend all meetings and participate in all deliberations of theboard. Such student representative shall not have the right to vote on anymatter before the board.

2. Such student representative shall be a full-time student at theinstitution as defined by the board, selected from a panel of three namessubmitted to the governor by the student government president, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of the state of Missouri. No person maybe appointed who is not actually enrolled during the term of such person'sappointment as a student at the institution.

3. The term of the student representative shall be two years, exceptthat the person first appointed shall serve until January 1, 1986.

4. If a vacancy occurs for any reason in the position of studentrepresentative, the governor shall appoint a replacement who meets thequalifications set forth in subsection 2 of this section and who shallserve until such representative's successor is appointed and qualified.

5. If the student representative ceases to be a student at theinstitution, or a resident of the state of Missouri, or fails to follow theboard's attendance policy, the student representative's position shall atonce become vacant, unless the student representative's absence is causedby sickness or some accident preventing the student representative'sarrival at the time and place appointed for the meeting.

6. The student representative shall receive the same reimbursementfor expenses as other members of the board of regents receive pursuant tosection 174.100.

7. Unless alternative arrangements for payment have been made andagreed to by the student and the educational institution, the studentrepresentative shall have paid all student and tuition fees due prior tosuch appointment and shall pay all future student and tuition fees duringthe term of office when such fees are due.

(L. 1984 H.B. 998 § 2, A.L. 1996 H.B. 980, A.L. 1999 H.B. 889)

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Student representative, meetings of board closed to, when, RSMo 174.621