Ninth District Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove, a former teacher in the Southern Regional School District, has been named to the New Jersey Legislative Youth Council.

The council was created through legislation passed last year and signed into law early this year. Its intent is to provide “a forum for New Jersey’s youth to participate in the democratic process; to advise the Legislature and its committees, commissions, and task forces on the perspectives, opinions, needs, development, and welfare of the youth of the State; and on the most effective and efficient policies, programs, and services…