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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
          AB 1662 (Fong)
          As Amended  April 26, 2012
          Majority vote 

           EDUCATION           8-1                                         
           
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          |Ayes:|Brownley, Norby, Ammiano, |     |                          |
          |     |Buchanan, Butler, Carter, |     |                          |
          |     |Eng, Williams             |     |                          |
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          |Nays:|Wagner                    |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :  Makes an employee of a school district that is not 
          within the jurisdiction of the county board of education 
          eligible to be a member of that county board of education.

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Prohibits an employee of a local agency, including local 
            education agencies, from being a member of the governing board 
            or legislative body of that agency.

          2)Prohibits a county superintendent of schools, any member of 
            his or her staff, or any employee of a school district from 
            being a member of the county board of education.

          3)Prohibits a local agency officer (defined to include governing 
            board members) from engaging in any employment that is 
            inconsistent, incompatible, in conflict with, or inimical to 
            his or her duties as a local agency officer (incompatibility 
            of office doctrine).

           COMMENTS  :  As introduced, this bill would have allowed any 
          employee of a school district to be eligible to be a member of 
          any county board of education.  In order to avoid potential 
          conflicts of interest and violations of the incompatibility of 
          office doctrine, committee amendments restrict eligibility to 
          employees of school districts that are not within the 
          jurisdiction of the county board of education.  This is 
          consistent with existing law, which allows school employees to 








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          serve on the governing boards of school districts other than the 
          district in which they are employed.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Rick Pratt / ED. / (916) 319-2087 


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