Bill Text: CA AB46 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: California State University: online education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-28 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB46 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB46-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 46	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 12, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Pan

                        DECEMBER 19, 2012

   An act to amend Section 66602 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 46, as amended, Pan. California State University: trustees.
   Existing law establishes the California State University, under
the administration of the Trustees of the California State
University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education
in this state. Under existing law, the trustees are composed of a
total of 25 members, which include 5 specified ex officio members, a
representative of the alumni associations of the university, 16
members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by 2/3 of
the membership of the Senate, for 8-year terms, and 2 California
State University students and one California State University faculty
member 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 his or her term.
   This bill would authorize  an   each  ex
officio member  , other than the Chancellor of the California
State University,  to designate a staff person to attend a
meeting or meetings of the board in his or her  absence, and
would   absence, in accordance with a prescribed
procedure, and to speak and vote on his or her behalf during those
meetings. This bill would  prohibit a staff person designated
under this provision from attending closed sessions of the board. The
bill would prohibit an ex officio member from designating more than
one staff person to attend board meetings in any calendar year. The
bill also would authorize a student member to vote at a board meeting
during the first year of his or her term if the other student member
is absent from that meeting.
   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 66602 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   66602.  (a) (1) The board shall be composed of the following five
ex officio members: the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Speaker of the Assembly,
and the person named by the trustees to serve as the Chancellor of
the California State University; a representative of the alumni
associations of the state university, selected for a two-year term by
the alumni council, California State University, which
representative shall not be an employee of the California State
University during the two-year term; and 16 appointive members
appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by two-thirds
of the membership of the Senate.
   (2)  An   (A)     Each
 ex officio member of the  board   board,
other than the Chancellor of the California State University, 
may designate a staff person to attend a meeting or meetings of the
board in his or her  absence. A staff person designated
pursuant to this paragraph shall not attend any closed session of the
board.   absence and to   speak and vote on
his or her behalf during those meetings. The designee shall not
attend any closed session of the board.  No more than one staff
person may be designated  by an ex officio member  under
this paragraph to attend board meetings in any calendar year. 
   (B) If an ex officio member of the board designates a person
pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ex officio member shall do both of
the following:  
   (i) Notify the secretary of the board in writing of the name and
contact information of the designee by January 10 of the calendar
year for which the designee was chosen to attend board meetings.
 
   (ii) Notify the secretary of the board in writing at least 10
business days before a board meeting if the ex officio member will be
sending the designee to attend the meeting in his or her place.

   (b) (1) Two students from the California State University, who
shall have at least a junior year standing at the institutions they
attend, and who remain in good standing as students during their
respective terms, shall also be appointed by the Governor to serve on
the board for two-year terms.
   (2) In the selection of students as members of the board, the
Governor shall appoint the students from lists of names of at least
two, but not more than five, persons furnished by the governing board
of any statewide student organization that represents the students
of the California State University and the student body organizations
of the campuses of the California State University. Any appointment
to fill a vacancy of a student member shall be effective only for the
remainder of the term of the person's office that became vacated.
   (3) 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 his or her college or university on
or after January 1 of the second year of his or her term of office
may serve the remainder of the term.
   (4) (A) 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
may 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 subdivision (a).
   (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), during the first year of a
student member's term, the student may vote at a board meeting if the
other student member is absent from that meeting.
   (5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), 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) (1) A faculty member from the California State University, who
shall be tenured at the California State University campus at which
he or she teaches, shall also be appointed by the Governor to serve
on the board for a two-year term. In the selection of a faculty
member as a member of the board, the Governor shall appoint the
faculty member from a list of names of at least two persons furnished
by the Academic Senate of the California State University.
   (2) The faculty member of the board appointed by the Governor
pursuant to this subdivision shall not participate on any
subcommittee of the board responsible for collective bargaining
negotiations.
   (3) The term of office of the faculty member of the board shall
commence on July 1, and shall expire on June 30 two years thereafter.