Nearly all of the Community Education Councils across the five boroughs are out of compliance with a state law requiring non-voting high school seniors on their boards, New York City Education Department officials confirmed.
"A lot of the times youth are looked down upon, like we're not capable enough to make our own decisions on what we get to learn," said Nazrin Nahar, spokesperson for the youth-led advocacy organization Integrate NYC and a 20-year old student at Baruch College. "We want representation."
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