Bill Text: CA AB1557 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges: student member.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 496, Statutes of 2014. [AB1557 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1557-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1557	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 10, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Brown, Daly, Eggman,
Frazier, Maienschein, Nestande, Patterson, Quirk-Silva, Skinner,
Wieckowski, and Wilk)
   (Coauthors: Senators Cannella and Vidak)

                        JANUARY 27, 2014

   An act to amend Section 71000 of the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1557, as amended, Holden. Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges: student member.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. The board of governors consists of 16 voting
members, which include 12 members, each appointed by the Governor
with the advice and consent of 2/3 of the membership of the Senate to
6-year staggered terms, one voting student member, one nonvoting
student member, and 2 tenured faculty members, as specified.
   This bill would require, commencing with the first specified
vacancy after the operative date of the bill, the appointment of at
least one voting member among the 12 discussed above who is a member
or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States and who has
demonstrated expertise and leadership in the field of veterans'
affairs. The bill would also add to the board of governors one voting
student member  who   and one nonvoting student
member, each of whom  is a member or former member of the Armed
Forces of the United States.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 71000 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   71000.  There is in the state government a Board of Governors of
the California Community Colleges, consisting of 17 voting members
and  one   two  nonvoting  member,
  members,  as follows:
   (a) (1) Twelve members, each appointed by the Governor with the
advice and consent of two-thirds of the membership of the Senate to
six-year staggered terms.
   (2) Two of the 12 members shall be current or former elected
members of local community college district governing boards.
   (3) Commencing with the first vacancy after the operative date of
the bill adding this paragraph that is not filled pursuant to
paragraph (2), at least one of the 12 members shall be a member or
former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined in
subdivision (e) of Section 66025.8, who has demonstrated expertise
and leadership in the field of veterans' affairs.
   (b) (1) (A) (i) One voting student member and one nonvoting
student member, who exercise their duties in accordance with the
procedure set forth in paragraph (3).
   (ii)  One voting   In addition to the student
members specified in clause (i), one voting  student member
 who   and one nonvoting student member, each of
whom  is a member or former member of the Armed Forces of the
United States, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 
66025.8. For a voting student member appointed pursuant to this
clause, all of the following apply:   66025.8, who shall
be appointed by the Governor for a two-year term from a list of
names of at least three eligible persons submitted to the Governor by
the student organization recognized by the board, and who shall
exercise their duties in accordance with the procedure set forth in
paragraph (3).  
   (I) For the purposes of subclauses (II), (III), and (IV), a
"member" means a voting student member appointed pursuant to this
clause.  
   (II) A member may exercise the same privileges of a voting student
member serving a second year term appointed pursuant to clause (i).
 
   (III) If a member resigns or the office is otherwise vacant, a
voting student member who is a member or former member of the Armed
Forces of the United States, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section
66025.8, and who meets the requirements of subparagraph (B) shall be
appointed by the Governor pursuant to subparagraph (C). 

   (IV) A member is exempt from paragraphs (2) and (4), and exempt
from paragraph (3), except as provided by subclause (II). 
   (B) A student member shall be enrolled in a community college with
a minimum of five semester units, or its equivalent, at the time of
the appointment and throughout the period of his or her term, or
until a replacement has been named. A student member shall be
enrolled in a community college at least one semester before his or
her appointment, and shall meet and maintain the minimum standards of
scholarship prescribed for community college students.
   (C) Each student member  pursuant to clause (i) of
subparagraph (A)  shall be appointed by the Governor from a list
of names of at least three eligible persons submitted to the
Governor by the student organization recognized by the board of
governors.
   (2) The  term   terms  of office of one
student member of the board  pursuant to clause (i) of
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), and one student member of the
board pursuant to clause (ii) of subdivision (A) of paragraph (1)
 shall commence on July 1 of an even-numbered year, and expire
on June 30 two years thereafter. The  term  
terms  of office of the other student  member 
 members  of the board shall commence on July 1 of an
odd-numbered year, and expire on June 30 two years thereafter.
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a student member who graduates from
his or her college on or after January 1 of the second year of his or
her term of office may serve the remainder of the term.
   (3) During the first year of a student member's term, a student
member shall be a member of the board and may attend all meetings of
the board and its committees. At these meetings, a student member may
fully participate in discussion and debate, but shall not vote.
During the second year of a student member's term, a student member
may exercise the same right to attend meetings of the board, and its
committees, and shall have the same right to vote as the members
appointed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (c).
   (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), if a student member resigns
from office or a vacancy is otherwise created in that office during
the second year of a student member's term, the remaining student
member shall immediately assume the office created by the vacancy and
all of the participation privileges of the second-year student
member, including the right to vote, for the remainder of that term
of office.
   (c) Two voting tenured faculty members from a community college,
who shall be appointed by the Governor for two-year terms. The
Governor shall appoint each faculty member from a list of names of at
least three eligible persons furnished by the Academic Senate of the
California Community Colleges. Each seat designated as a tenured
faculty member seat shall be filled by a tenured faculty member from
a community college pursuant to this section and Section 71003.
   (d) One voting classified employee, who shall be appointed by the
Governor for a two-year term. The Governor shall appoint the
classified employee member from a list of at least three eligible
persons furnished by the exclusive representatives of classified
employees of the California Community Colleges.
   SEC. 2.    It is the intent of the Legislature that
there be 16 voting members on the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges until the first student member
appointed to a position established by this act serves one year in
office.