Bill Text: CA AB3273 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: County boards of education: elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-17 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. [AB3273 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB3273-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 3273

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Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos

February 16, 2024

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An act to amend Section 1001 of the Education Code, relating to county boards of education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 3273, as introduced, Ramos. County boards of education: elections.

Existing law provides, in counties where the county superintendent of schools has jurisdiction over a school district situated in 2 or more counties, a qualified elector residing in the part of the school district situated in a county whose county superintendent of schools does not have jurisdiction of that school district is eligible to vote for one or more members of the county board of education, as provided.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 1001 of the Education Code is amended to read:

1001.

 (a) In those counties where the county superintendent of schools has jurisdiction over a school district situated in two or more counties, any a qualified elector residing in the part of the school district situated in a county whose county superintendent of schools does not have jurisdiction of that school district shall be eligible to vote for one or more members of the county board of education of the county whose county superintendent of schools has jurisdiction over the school district. Each such The elector shall be eligible to vote for the member of the county board of education representing the trustee area of that county having jurisdiction as designated by the county committee on school district organization. The committee shall apportion the portion of the school district territory not situated in the county having jurisdiction to one or more trustee areas of the other county so that that the territory shall, insofar as possible, be represented as if it were situated in the county having jurisdiction. The territory so apportioned shall not become a part of the trustee area to which apportioned for any other purpose. As used in this subdivision, “school district” means any a joint union elementary school district, joint union high school district, or joint unified school district, but does not include any a community college district.

(b) Any (1) A person who is a resident of a county and is made eligible to vote for the county board of education of another county pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be eligible to vote for the county board of education of the county of which he or she is a resident. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision, a where the person resides.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a person shall be eligible to vote for both county boards of education if he or she the person is a resident of an elementary school district of any type that is included in a joint union high school district and the elementary school district and the joint union high school district are each under the jurisdiction of different county superintendents of schools.

(c) “County,” for purposes of this section, includes any a county other than a charter county for which the charter specifies that this section does not apply.