
Following is information about the roles of students on state boards of education, written for the SoundOut Students on School Boards Toolbox.
States that include Students on their State Board of Education
The following states self-reported whether or not they allow students on state boards of education. According to the National Association of School Boards of Education, or NASBE, Maine and Massachusetts are the only two states where student members serve two year terms on the state board. In other states terms range from three months to twelve months.
- Students on the Alabama State Board of Education
- Students on the Alaska State Board of Education
- Students on the Arizona State Board of Education
- Students on the Arkansas State Board of Education
- Students on the California State Board of Education
- Students on the Colorado State Board of Education
- Students on the Connecticut State Board of Education
- Students on the Delaware State Board of Education
- Students on the Florida State Board of Education
- Students on the Georgia State Board of Education
- Students on the Hawai’i State Board of Education
- Students on the Illinois State Board of Education
- Students on the State Board of Education
- Students on the Indiana State Board of Education
- Students on the Iowa State Board of Education
- Students on the Kansas State Board of Education
- Students on the Kentucky State Board of Education
- Students on the Louisiana State Board Board of Education
- Students on the Maine State Board of Education
- Students on the Maryland State Board of Education
- Students on the Massachusetts State Board of Education
- Students on the Michigan State Board of Education
- Students on the Minnesota State Board of Education
- Students on the Mississippi State Board of Education
- Students on the Missouri State Board of Education
- Students on the Montana State Board of Education
- Students on the Nebraska State Board of Education
- Students on the Nevada State Board of Education
- Students on the New Hampshire State Board of Education
- Students on the New Jersey State Board of Education
- Students on the New Mexico State Board of Education
- Students on the New York State Board of Education
- Students on the North Caroline State Board of Education
- Students on the North Dakota State Board of Education
- Students on the Ohio State Board of Education
- Students on the Oklahoma State Board of Education
- Students on the Oregon State Board of Education
- Students on the Pennsylvania State Board of Education
- Students on the Rhode Island State Board of Education
- Students on the South Caroline State Board of Education
- Students on the South Dakota State Board of Education
- Students on the Tennessee State Board of Education
- Students on the Texas State Board of Education
- Students on the Utah State Board of Education
- Students on the Vermont State Board of Education
- Students on the Virginia State Board of Education
- Students on the Washington State Board of Education
- Students on the West Virginia State Board of Education
- Students on the Wisconsin State Board of Education
- Students on the Wyoming State Board of Education
Students on School Boards Toolkit
- Students on School Boards Toolkit Homepage
- Students on School Boards Fact Sheet
- Terms Related to Students on School Boards
- Activities for Students on School Boards
- Rationale for Students on School Boards
- How to Get Students on School Boards
- Options for Student Voice on School Boards
- Should School Boards Elect or Select Student Members?
- Barriers to Students on School Boards
- Outcomes from Students on School Boards
- Quotes about Students on School Boards
- Critical Questions about Students on School Boards
- Impacts of Students on School Boards
- Data Related to Students on School Boards
- State Directory of Laws Affecting Students on School Boards
- State Directory of Students on School District Boards
- State Directory Students on District School Boards
- Directory of Students on State Boards of Education
- Sources for the Students on School Boards Toolkit
- Publications about Students on School Boards
- Additional Info Related to Students on School Boards
Students on School Boards in Canada
- Directory of Canadian Province Laws Affecting Students on School Boards
- Guide to Students on Canadian School Boards [PDF]
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Elsewhere Online
- “Students on School Boards Resource Kit” by the Michigan Association of School Boards in 2018.
- Guide to Student Voice in Education Governance by the Vermont School Boads Association in 2015.
- Students Serving on Local School Boards survey by the National Association of School Boards in February 2009.