BILL NUMBER: AB 1557	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Frazier and Quirk-Silva)

                        JANUARY 27, 2014

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1557, as introduced, Holden. Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges: student member.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. The board of governors consists of 16 voting
members, which include one voting student member and one nonvoting
student member.
   This bill would add to the board of governors one voting student
member who is a member or former member of the Armed Forces of the
United States. The bill would also add one voting member who is a
member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States who
has demonstrated expertise and leadership in the field of veterans'
affairs.
   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 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
  18  voting members and one nonvoting member, as
follows:
   (a) Twelve members, each appointed by the Governor 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)  (i)    One voting student 
member,   member  and one nonvoting student member,
who exercise their duties in accordance with the procedure set forth
in paragraph (3). 
   (ii) One voting student member who is a member or former member of
the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined in subdivision (e)
of Section 66025.8. For a voting student member appointed pursuant
to this clause, all of the following apply:  
   (I) For the purposes of subclauses (II), (III), and (IV), a
"member" means a voting student member appointed pursuant to this
clause.  
   (II) A member may exercise the same privileges of a voting student
member serving a second year term appointed pursuant to clause (i).
 
   (III) If a member resigns or the office is otherwise vacant, a
voting student member who is a member or former member of the Armed
Forces of the United States, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section
66025.8, and who meets the requirements of subparagraph (B) shall be
appointed by the Governor pursuant to subparagraph (C).  
   (IV) A member is exempt from paragraphs (2) and (4), and exempt
from paragraph (3), except as provided by subclause (II). 
   (B) A student member 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 his or her term, or
until a replacement has been named. A student member shall be
enrolled in a community college at least one semester before 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 by the Governor from a
list of names of at least three eligible persons submitted to the
Governor by the student organization recognized by the board of
governors.
   (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 shall 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 voting tenured faculty members from a community college,
who shall be appointed by the Governor for two-year terms. The
Governor shall appoint each faculty member from a list of names of at
least three eligible 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.
   (d) One voting classified employee, who shall be appointed by the
Governor for a two-year term. The Governor shall appoint the
classified employee member from a list of at least three eligible
persons furnished by the exclusive representatives of classified
employees of the California Community Colleges. 
   (e) One voting member who is a member or former member of the
Armed Forces of the United States, as defined in subdivision (e) of
Section 66025.8, who has demonstrated expertise and leadership in the
field of veterans' affairs.