Amended in Senate June 22, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2163

Introduced by Assembly Member Low

February 17, 2016

An act to add Section 89500.3 to the Education Code, relating to the California State University.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2163, as amended, Low. California State University: appointment of campus presidents.

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. The California State University comprises 23 institutions of higher education, each of which is headed by a president who is appointed by the trustees.

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This bill would prohibit the trustees from appointing a person as president of a campus of the California State University unless that person has participated in at least one public forum on that campus after being formally and publicly designated by the trustees as a finalist for appointment as president of that campus.

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This bill would require the trustees, in exercising its authority to appoint presidents, to require a person appointed as president of a campus of the California State University to participate in at least one public forum on that campus within 15 working days after the trustees make that appointment.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 89500.3 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

89500.3.  

In exercising its authority to appoint campus
presidents, begin delete the trustees shall not appoint a person as president of
a campus of the California State University unless that person has
participated in at least one public forum on that campus after being
formally and publicly designated by the trustees as a finalist for
appointment as president of that campus. end delete begin insert the trustees shall require
a person appointed as president of a campus of the California
State University to participate in at least one public forum on that
campus within 15 working days after the trustees make that
appointment. end insert