BILL NUMBER: AB 1557	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 25, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 10, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Brown, Daly, Eggman,
Frazier,  Maienschein,    
Nestande,     Patterson, 
Quirk-Silva, Skinner,  Wieckowski,  
  and Wilk   and Wieckowski  )
    (   Coauthors:  
Senators  Cannella   
 and Vidak   ) 

                        JANUARY 27, 2014

   An act to amend Section  71000   71002 
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.  The board of governors consists of
16 voting members, which include 12 members, each appointed by the
Governor with the advice and consent of   2/3
  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.  
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. 
   This bill would  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.   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. 
   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 71002 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   71002.   (a)    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
 public community colleges.   California
Community Colleges.  
   (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.  
  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.