Amended in Senate June 25, 2014

Amended in Assembly March 24, 2014

Amended in Assembly March 10, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1557

Introduced by Assembly Member Holden

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Brown, Daly, Eggman, Frazier, begin delete Maienschein, Nestande, Patterson, end delete Quirk-Silva, Skinner, begin delete Wieckowski, and Wilk end delete begin insert and Wieckowski end insert )

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(Coauthors: Senators Cannella and Vidak)

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January 27, 2014

An act to amend Section begin delete 71000 end delete begin insert 71002 end insert of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1557, as amended, Holden. Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges: student member.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. begin delete The board of governors consists of 16 voting members, which include 12 members, each appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of end delete begin delete 2⁄3 end delete begin delete of the membership of the Senate to 6-year staggered terms, one voting student member, one nonvoting student member, and 2 tenured faculty members, as specified. end delete begin insert Members of the board are required to be selected from outstanding lay citizens of California who have a strong interest in the development and improvement of community colleges. end insert

This bill would begin delete require, commencing with the first specified vacancy after the operative date of the bill, the appointment of at least one voting member among the 12 discussed above who is a member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States and who has demonstrated expertise and leadership in the field of veterans’ affairs. The bill would also add to the board of governors one voting student member and one nonvoting student member, each of whom is a member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States. end delete begin insert specify that members of the board, to the greatest extent possible, should be inclusive and representative of the many demographic groups found in California, and that the board should reflect diversity of race and gender, and include, among others, disabled persons and veterans. The bill would also provide that each member of the board should bring his or her own best thinking and personal views to the board’s discussion, as specified. end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 71002 of the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert is amended
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71002.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert Members of the board shall be selected from
outstanding lay citizens of California who have a strong interest
in the further development and improvement of the begin delete public
community colleges. end delete begin insert California Community Colleges. end insert

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(b) Members of the board, to the greatest extent possible, should
be inclusive and representative of the many demographic groups
found in California, and the board should reflect diversity of race
and gender, and should include, among others, disabled persons
and veterans. In furtherance of the mission of the California
Community Colleges, a member of the board should embrace the
basic role and responsibility of a member of the board to bring
his or her own best thinking and personal views to the board’s
discussion, determining his or her own position on each issue
rather than being bound to represent or advocate for the positions
of a particular organization or constituency.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 71000 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

71000.  

There is in the state government a Board of Governors
of the California Community Colleges, consisting of 17 voting
members and two nonvoting members, as follows:

(a) (1) Twelve members, each appointed by the Governor with
the advice and consent of two-thirds of the membership of the
Senate to six-year staggered terms.

(2) Two of the 12 members shall be current or former elected
members of local community college district governing boards.

(3) Commencing with the first vacancy after the operative date
of the bill adding this paragraph that is not filled pursuant to
paragraph (2), at least one of the 12 members shall be a member
or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, as
defined in subdivision (e) of Section 66025.8, who has
demonstrated expertise and leadership in the field of veterans’
affairs.

(b) (1) (A) (i) One voting student member and one nonvoting
student member, who exercise their duties in accordance with the
procedure set forth in paragraph (3).

(ii) In addition to the student members specified in clause (i),
one voting student member and one nonvoting student member,
each of whom is a member or former member of the Armed Forces
of the United States, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section
66025.8, who shall be appointed by the Governor for a two-year
term from a list of names of at least three eligible persons submitted
to the Governor by the student organization recognized by the
board, and who shall exercise their duties in accordance with the
procedure set forth in paragraph (3).

(B) A student member shall be enrolled in a community college
with a minimum of five semester units, or its equivalent, at the
time of the appointment and throughout the period of his or her
term, or until a replacement has been named. A student member
shall be enrolled in a community college at least one semester
before his or her appointment, and shall meet and maintain the
minimum standards of scholarship prescribed for community
college students.

(C) Each student member pursuant to clause (i) of subparagraph
(A) shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of names of at
least three eligible persons submitted to the Governor by the student
organization recognized by the board of governors.

(2) The terms of office of one student member of the board
pursuant to clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), and
one student member of the board pursuant to clause (ii) of
subdivision (A) of paragraph (1) shall commence on July 1 of an
even-numbered year, and expire on June 30 two years thereafter.
The terms of office of the other student members 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 on or after January
1 of the second year of his or her term of office may serve the
remainder of the term.

(3) 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 shall 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 subdivisions
(a) and (c).

(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), 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) Two voting tenured faculty members from a community
college, who shall be appointed by the Governor for two-year
terms. The Governor shall appoint each faculty member from a
list of names of at least three eligible persons furnished by the
Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges. Each
seat designated as a tenured faculty member seat shall be filled by
a tenured faculty member from a community college pursuant to
this section and Section 71003.

(d) One voting classified employee, who shall be appointed by
the Governor for a two-year term. The Governor shall appoint the
classified employee member from a list of at least three eligible
persons furnished by the exclusive representatives of classified
employees of the California Community Colleges.

SEC. 2.  

It is the intent of the Legislature that there be 16 voting
members on the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges until the first student member appointed to a position
established by this act serves one year in office.

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