BILL NUMBER: AB 1965	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012

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 amended, Pan. California State University: 
trustees.   trustees: student members: voting at board
meetings   . 
   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, excluding the
Chancellor of the California State University, to designate a person
to attend a meeting or meetings of the board in his or her absence
and to speak and vote on his or her behalf during those meetings, and
would prohibit the designee from attending closed sessions of the
board. The bill would prohibit an ex officio member from designating
more than one person to attend board meetings in any calendar year.
The bill would require the ex officio member to provide specified
notifications if he or she designates a person to attend board
meetings.  
   The bill also 
    This bill  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
  no  . 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) (A) An ex officio member of the board, excluding the
Chancellor of the California State University, may designate a person
to attend a meeting or meetings of the board in his or her 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 person may be designated 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 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 is chosen to attend board meetings.
 
   (ii) Notify the secretary of the board in writing 10 business days
prior to 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.