BILL NUMBER: AB 1965 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Pan
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend Section 66602 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1965, as introduced, 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 ex officio member to designate a
staff person to attend a meeting or meetings of the board in his or
her absence, and 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 ex officio member of the board 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. No more than one staff person may
be designated under this paragraph to attend board meetings in any
calendar year.
(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.