DEPARTMENT: Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Establishing a Higher Education Student Advisory Board
SUMMARY:
This ordinance approves the creation of a City-appointed 11-member Higher Education Student Advisory Board to advise the Mayor and City Council on matters that are of interest to students who are enrolled in local colleges and universities in San Antonio with the objective to help increase college enrollment and retention of college graduates in San Antonio.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On July 21, 2017, Councilman Rey Salda?a submitted a Council Consideration Request (CCR) to create a City-appointed Higher Education Student Advisory Board. This Board would advise the Mayor and City Council on matters that are of interest to students who are enrolled in local colleges and universities in San Antonio with the objective to help increase college enrollment and retention of college graduates in San Antonio. The City Council Governance Committee, at their December 12, 2017 meeting, approved that creation of a City-appointed Higher Education Student Advisory Board be brought to the City Council for consideration.
The Higher Education Student Advisory Board will be comprised of 11 members appointed by the Mayor and City Council. These appointments will come from a pool of students nominated by local higher education institutions. The following local colleges and universities would each nominate three students for the committee: University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, University of Incarnate Word, St. Mary's University, Our Lady of the Lake University, Trinity University, San Antonio College, Northwest Vista College, Northeast Lakeview College, Palo Alto College, and St. Philip's College.
The advisory board would meet monthly during each month of the academic year (September to May). Students would be appointed to serve two-year terms on the advisory board. T...
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