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Bill No: SB 909
Author: Simitian (D), et al
Amended: 7/17/07
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 4/25/07
AYES: Scott, Wyland, Alquist, Maldonado, Padilla,
Simitian, Torlakson
NO VOTE RECORDED: Denham, Romero
SENATE FLOOR : 26-11, 5/21/07
AYES: Alquist, Calderon, Cedillo, Corbett, Cox, Florez,
Harman, Kehoe, Kuehl, Lowenthal, Machado, Margett,
Migden, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Perata, Ridley-Thomas,
Romero, Scott, Simitian, Steinberg, Torlakson, Vincent,
Wiggins, Wyland, Yee
NOES: Aanestad, Ackerman, Ashburn, Battin, Cogdill,
Correa, Denham, Dutton, Hollingsworth, McClintock, Runner
NO VOTE RECORDED: Ducheny, Maldonado, Oropeza
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 48-15, 8/30/07 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : School board member compensation
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill increases the statutory schedule of
maximum monthly compensation allowed for local school board
members.
CONTINUED
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Assembly Amendments makes a technical change to clarify
that the bottom category of the schedule is applicable to
districts with prior year ADA of 150 or less, rather than
less than 150.
ANALYSIS : Current law establishes maximum monthly
compensation allowed for school board members who attend
all meetings of their board. The statutory schedule varies
amounts based upon the prior year average daily attendance
of the school district. The current schedule is:
Prior Year ADA
Maximum Amount
400,001 + $2,000
60,001 - 400,000 $1,500
25,001 - 60,000 $ 750
10,001 - 25,000 $ 400
1,001 - 10,000 $ 240
151 - 1,000 $ 120
1 - 150 $ 60
This bill doubles the allowable maximum monthly
compensation of local school board members that attend all
meetings of their board. The new schedule would be:
Prior Year ADA
Maximum Amount
400,001 + $4,000
60,001 - 400,000 $3,000
25,001 - 60,000 $1,500
10,001 - 25,000 $ 800
1,001 - 10,000 $ 480
151 - 1,000 $ 240
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1 - 150 $ 120
Comments
Conditions Apply. This bill does not revise any of the
several conditions that statutorily apply to school board
member compensation. Current law provides, for example,
that maximum compensation can only be paid to a member who
attends all meetings held during the month or compensation
is prorated to the percentage of possible meetings
attended.
Not Adjusted for at Least 19 Years. According to the
Senate Education Committee analysis, staff was not able to
trace the statutory schedule before 1988, but since that
year the current maximum amounts have not been revised so
it is possible that the current schedule was established by
1984 legislation or even earlier. According to the
American Institute of Economic Research, the buying power
of a dollar in 1984 has to be increased by 95.38 percent,
or almost doubled, in order to adjust for the cost of
living in 2007.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/17/07)
California School Board Association
Los Angeles Unified School District
Santa Clara County School Boards Association
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Arambula, Bass, Beall, Berg, Berryhill, Brownley,
Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Cook, Coto, Davis,
De La Torre, De Leon, DeSaulnier, Dymally, Eng, Evans,
Feuer, Fuentes, Galgiani, Hancock, Hayashi, Hernandez,
Huffman, Jones, Karnette, Krekorian, Laird, Leno, Levine,
Lieber, Lieu, Ma, Mendoza, Mullin, Nava, Niello, Parra,
Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Smyth,
Swanson, Torrico, Wolk
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Blakeslee, DeVore, Duvall, Fuller,
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Gaines, Horton, La Malfa, Maze, Nakanishi, Silva,
Spitzer, Villines, Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Aghazarian, Benoit, Emmerson, Garcia,
Garrick, Houston, Huff, Jeffries, Keene, Plescia,
Richardson, Sharon Runner, Solorio, Soto, Strickland,
Tran, Nunez
NC:cm 9/2/07 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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