BILL NUMBER: SB 1347	CHAPTERED  09/11/00

	CHAPTER   390
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 11, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 8, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 21, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 31, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Vasconcellos

                        JANUARY 11, 2000

   An act to amend Section 71000 of the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1347, Vasconcellos.  Community colleges:  Board of Governors of
the California Community Colleges.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges.  Under existing law, the board of governors
consists of 16 voting members, who include 13 members appointed by
the Governor with the advice and consent of 2/3 of the membership of
the Senate, a community college student appointed by the Governor,
and 2 tenured community college faculty members appointed by the
Governor.  Under existing law, the community college student serves
for a one-year term.
   This bill would add one nonvoting student member to the board of
governors, and would thereby increase its membership to 17.  The bill
would also provide that the student members would serve staggered
2-year terms, except as specified.  The bill would provide that,
during the first year of a student member's term, the student would
be a member of the board and attend all meetings of the board and its
committees, but may not vote.  The bill would also provide that,
during the 2nd year of a student member's term, that student would be
a voting member.  The bill would require the Governor to appoint the
student members from lists of at least 3 persons furnished by the
California Student Association of Community Colleges.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  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  16 voting members
and one nonvoting member, appointed by the Governor, as follows:
   (a) Thirteen members, each appointed with the advice and consent
of two-thirds of the membership of the Senate to six-year staggered
terms.  Two of these members shall be current or former elected
members of local community college district governing boards.
   (b) (1) (A) One voting student member, and one nonvoting student
member, who exercise their duties in accordance with the procedure
set forth in paragraph (3).
   (B) These students 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  their terms, or until a
replacement has been named.  A student member shall be enrolled in a
community college at least one semester prior to his or her
appointment, and shall meet and maintain the minimum standards of
scholarship prescribed for community college students.
   (C) Each student member shall be appointed  from a list of names
of at least three persons submitted to the Governor by the California
Student Association of Community Colleges.
   (2) The term of office of one student member of the board shall
commence on July 1 of an even-numbered year and expire on June 30 two
years thereafter.  The term of office of the other student member 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 may 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 tenured faculty members from a community college, who
shall be appointed for two-year terms.  The Governor shall appoint
each faculty member from a list of names of at least three 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.