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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 2087 (Ammiano)
          As Amended  June 18, 2014
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |78-0 |(May 15, 2014)  |SENATE: |34-0 |(August 18,    |
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           Original Committee Reference:    HIGHER ED.  

           SUMMARY  :  Requires that California Community Colleges (CCCs)  
          Board of Governors (BOG) regulations governing the appointment  
          of a special trustee to a CCC district include requirements for  
          meaningful consultation by the special trustee with the CCC  
          district, and the establishment of specific benchmarks to  
          indicate the district's capacity to resume management.

           The Senate amendments  clarify that the special trustee, or the  
          special trustee's designee, is required to consult with the CCC  
          district.

           EXISTING LAW  requires the CCC BOG to establish standards for  
          fiscal management practices of community college district (CCD)  
          governing boards and requires BOG to develop procedures and  
          actions for districts that fail to achieve fiscal ability or to  
          comply with BOG recommendations, including the appointment of a  
          special trustee to manage the district.  The BOG is required to  
          report to the Legislature, the Department of Finance, and the  
          Governor regarding any corrective actions taken by the CCD or  
          the BOG to ensure fiscal stabilization (Education Code Section  
          84040).

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.

           COMMENTS  :  According to the author, this bill seeks to address  
          the problem of vague language found in the Education Code that  
          gives the BOG, an appointed body, the authority to take away  
          decision making power from a CCC district's Board of Trustees,  
          an elected body.  The language presently does not limit when  
          this appointment can happen or when the appointed trustee must  
          leave the school and return authority to the elected board of  
          trustees.  The BOG and the special trustee are unelected  








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          individuals and voters cannot hold either the BOG or the special  
          trustee accountable for their actions.  This bill seeks to  
          remedy this vague power assigned to the BOG.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916)  
          319-3960 


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