HB 1364 Summary

• Changes youth advisory council member age eligibility from 14-18 years to 16-20 years of age at time of appointment.

• Allows appointing authorities to remove council members for cause, including failure to attend at least two meetings within a one-year period.

• Provides that council members attending meetings have a lawful excuse to be absent from school without penalty or absence record.

• Establishes the youth advisory council fund to receive appropriations, grants, gifts, and donations, with money available to supplement department of education funding for council implementation.

• Staggers initial terms of council members appointed after June 30, 2011, with some members serving one-year and others two-year initial terms.