1. There shall be a University System Student Board ("USSB") to advise the Board of Trustees and each of its committees on all topics and matters of interest to the students of any or all of the component institutions of Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ. The USSB shall be comprised of not more than eight students, inclusive of the two Student Trustees serving under . The representatives shall be apportioned as follows among the Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ component institutions:
a. Keene State College shall have not more than two representatives. KSC may, but is not required, to reserve one (but no more than one) representative position for a graduate student.
b. Plymouth State University shall have not more than two representatives. PSU may, but is not required, to reserve one (but no more than one) representative position for a graduate student.
c. The University of New Hampshire shall have not more than four representatives. When feasible, the four representatives will consist of an undergraduate student from the Durham campus, a graduate student from the Durham campus, a student from the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, and a student from the College of
Professional Studies at Manchester.
2. Each institution shall establish an appropriate procedure for the election of the above-described representative(s) to the USSB. Members of the USSB will serve from July 1 of the year in which they are elected to the following June 30.
3. The members of the USSB shall elect a Chair from among themselves. The USSB will meet at the call of the USSB Chair to consider and make recommendations to the Board or any of the Board's committees. Each USSB member is entitled to one vote on all matters coming before the USSB, a majority of members shall constitute a sufficient quorum for the conduct of business, and all votes shall be decided by majority rule. The Officers of the Board of Trustees shall appoint each of the USSB members to one or more of the Board's committees. The Student Trustees, elected and serving under RSA 187-A:13, III, shall be full voting members of the committees to which they are appointed. The other members of the USSB shall be non-voting members of the committees to which they are appointed, entitled to participate in all committee business and activities, including non-public sessions.
