BILL NUMBER: AB 1557	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 7, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2014
	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, Quirk-Silva, Skinner, and Wieckowski)

                        JANUARY 27, 2014

   An act to amend Section 71002 of the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1557, 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. Members of the board are required to be
selected from outstanding lay citizens of California who have a
strong interest in the further development and improvement of
community colleges.
   This bill would 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.



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 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.