§317-1  Purpose.  The purpose of this
chapter is to provide for the establishment of an annual conference of
secondary school students, (grades seven to twelve) which will enable students
in our secondary schools to identify, discuss, and arrive at recommended
solutions to major youth problems, with emphasis on school problems that
require the attention and joint action by the students, the department of
education, and the legislature.  The conference format may be a state student
conference, a student governance summit, or district-centered conferences as
determined by the student conference committee. [L 1970, c 94, §1; am L 1972, c
160, pt of §1; am L 1997, c 142, §1]