Bill Text: CA AB337 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 337 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 23, Statutes of 2021. [AB337 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB337-Chaptered.html

Assembly Bill No. 337

CHAPTER 23

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

[ Approved by Governor June 28, 2021. Filed with Secretary of State June 28, 2021. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 337, Medina. Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

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 18 members, including 2 community college students appointed by the Governor for 2-year terms. Existing law prohibits a student member from voting at a board meeting during the first year of the student member’s term, except as specified.

This bill would eliminate the prohibition against a student member voting during the student member’s first year on the board.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO 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 18 voting members, as follows:

(a) 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. Two of these members shall be current or former elected members of local community college district governing boards.

(b) (1) (A) Two voting student members. Each 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).

(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 the student member’s term, or until a replacement has been named. A student member shall be enrolled in a community college at least one semester before the student member’s appointment, and shall meet and maintain the minimum standards of scholarship prescribed for community college students.

(C) Each student member 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 of office of one student member of the board shall commence on July 1 of an even-numbered year, and expire on June 30 two years thereafter. The term of office of the other student member 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 the student member’s college on or after January 1 of the second year of the student member’s term of office may serve the remainder of the term.

(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.

(e) The Lieutenant Governor, who shall be a voting member.