BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: April 30, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mike Gatto, Chair
AB 2721 (Pan) - As Amended: April 8, 2014
Policy Committee: Higher
EducationVote:13-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill adds a nonfaculty, represented employee to the
California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees(BOT), to
serve two-year terms. This trustee would be appointed by the
governor from a list of a least two nominees submitted by a
committee consisting of one representative of each of CSU's
nonfaculty employee organizations.
FISCAL EFFECT
1)As it does for the faculty BOT representative, CSU would have
to buy out the represented staff member's time while in
service on the BOT. Those costs would depend on the type of
employee appointed to the board. Represented staff annual
salaries range from $17,000 to $210,000.
2)CSU would also cover travel and per diem costs for the trustee
to attend BOT meetings six times a year in Long Beach, as well
as a number of unknown other events such as attending
commencements, inaugurations, presidential searches and other
meetings and campus events. These costs would depend to some
extent on where the new trustee resides, but could be up to
$20,000 annually.
COMMENTS
1)Purpose . According to the author, every segment of the
university has a voice on the BOT: faculty, administration,
students - even alumni - but not classified employees.
Classified employees help keep CSU campuses operating, ensure
campuses are clean and safe, provide classroom, financial aid
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and other support services, and provide a supportive learning
environment. The author contends this bill will ensure a
voice on the BOT to represent thousands of employees at 23 CSU
campuses and the Office of the Chancellor."
It should be noted that the California Community College Board
of Governors includes a nonfaculty appointment.
2)Background . The BOT consists of the following:
a) Five ex officio members: the governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Assembly Speaker, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and the Chancellor;
b) An Alumni Trustee appointed by the CSU Statewide Alumni
Council.
c) A Faculty Trustee appointed by the governor from a list
of nominees proposed by the Statewide Academic Senate.
d) Two student trustees appointed by the governor from a
list of nominees proposed by the California State Student
Association. One has full voting powers; the second,
non-voting student trustee succeeds to the voting position
upon the expiration of the term of the first.
e) Sixteen remaining trustees appointed by the governor,
subject to Senate confirmation, and serving eight-year
terms.
3)Prior Legislation . In 2012, SB 1515 (Yee), which would have
provided for several changes to the composition of the BOT,
including requiring representation from a nonfaculty employee,
was held on Suspense in Senate Appropriations.
Analysis Prepared by : Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081