Lewis Young plans to introduce statewide bill on student member voting rights

Nov. 9—As the Frederick County Board of Education weighs how much voting power to give its student member, state Sen. Karen Lewis Young said she is drafting a bill to establish statewide rules on the matter.

Lewis Young (D-3) told The Frederick News-Post in an interview Wednesday that she and Del. Kris Fair (D-3A) plan to introduce legislation to require all student members of local school boards to have at least the same voting rights as the student member of the Maryland State Board of Education.

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