Student Council Constitution   -   November 2007

1.      Aims and Objectives

• To facilitate partnership between students, staff and administration of the school.
  To provide a channel for students’ contribution to decision making in the school.
  To ensure that through their representatives, students may make their voices heard in regard to issues of concern to them in the school.
  To promote projects which are beneficial to the school community.

2         Elections and Composition

• Elections will be held in May prior to the academic year in which the council will sit for Second, Third, Transition, Fifth, Sixth Year representatives. First Year representatives will have their elections during the first term of the academic year in which the Council will sit.
  The Council will sit for one year.
  The Council will comprise of 18 members, which will normally include three representatives from each year group from first to sixth year.
  The Student Council will appoint a Chairperson on a rotating basis from among the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th Year representatives.
  The Rota for the Chair will be drawn up at the first Council meeting of the year.
  The Student Council will appoint a Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Secretary, Vice-Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-Treasurer, P.R.O. Officer and Deputy P.R.O. at the first Council meeting of the year.
  The council will elect other officers and sub-committees as necessary.
  A council member whose contribution to the work of the council is consistently inadequate may be removed by a majority of ten other members.
  A representative who fails to attend council meetings on two or more occasions will be obliged to resign unless in a case of illness certified by a doctor or in other exceptional circumstances.
  Students elected to the council are obliged to attend the training day provided by the school for the incoming council. Non attendance will render a student ineligible to serve on the council.
  Should a seat become vacant on the council for any reason, the student will be replaced by the next candidate on the election list from her year.