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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 447
Author: Williams (D)
Amended: 8/12/13 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 7/3/13
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Huff,
Monning, Torres
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 5/6/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : California State University: student trustees
SOURCE : California State Student Association
DIGEST : This bill authorizes the non-voting student trustee
during the first year of his/her term, except as specified, to
vote at the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees
(BOT) meeting if the voting student member is absent from the
meeting due to illness, a family emergency, or a medical
emergency.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/12/13 add double-jointing language
to resolve conflicts with SB 325 (Block) and make technical
changes.
ANALYSIS : Under existing law the CSU BOT is comprised of, at
any time, 25 members, as follows:
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1.Five ex-officio members: (a) the Governor, (b) the Lieutenant
Governor, (c) Speaker of the Assembly, (d) the Superintendent
of Public Instruction, and (e) the Chancellor of the CSU.
2.Sixteen Governor Appointees confirmed by two-thirds of the
Senate, each serving an eight-year term.
3.One alumni association representative, who cannot be an
employee of the CSU, appointed by the Governor serving a
two-year term.
4.One tenured CSU faculty representative appointed by the
Governor, for a two-year term, from a list of names of at
least two persons furnished by the CSU Academic Senate. The
faculty member cannot participate on any subcommittees of the
board responsible for collective bargaining negotiations.
5.Two CSU students appointed by the Governor for staggered
two-year terms from a list of nominees furnished by the
governing board of any statewide student organization that
represents CSU students and the student body organizations of
the CSU campuses. Only one student is eligible to vote at any
time.
This bill authorizes the non-voting student trustee during the
first year of his/her term, except as specified, to vote at the
CSU BOT meeting if the voting student member is absent from the
meeting due to illness, a family emergency, or a medical
emergency. This bill adds double-jointing language to resolve
conflicts with SB 325 (Block).
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/8/13)
California State Student Association (source)
California State University
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : Existing law provides for two CSU
students, nominated by the statewide student association and
appointed by the governor, to serve on the CSU BOT for staggered
two-year terms. The student trustee in his/her second year
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serves as the voting trustee. The student trustee in his/her
first year cannot vote in the absence of the voting student
trustee. This has created a serious problem for student
representation in recent years. For example, in the 2012-13
academic year the voting student trustee had health issues and
missed two out of the six meetings. In January 2013, the voting
student trustee was ill and could not attend the meeting. These
absences, through no fault of the student, meant that there was
no single member voting solely on behalf of students. The
student trustees are constantly engaging with students to better
understand their needs, in addition to their thoughts on
pressing CSU issues.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 5/6/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway,
Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea,
V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner,
Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hall, Holden, Vacancy
PQ:ej 8/13/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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