Bill Text: CA AB2386 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Postsecondary education: California State University: trustees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2016-09-21 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2386 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2386-Enrolled.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2386 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 19, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY JUNE 2, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 31, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 15, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Williams and Cristina Garcia
(Coauthor: Senator Pan)
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
An act to amend Section 66602 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2386, Williams. Postsecondary education: California State
University: trustees.
Existing law establishes the various campuses of the California
State University under the administration of the Trustees of the
California State University. Existing law provides for the membership
of the Trustees of the California State University to include 5
specified ex officio members, 16 members appointed by the Governor
and subject to confirmation by the Senate, one representative of the
alumni associations, 2 student members appointed by the Governor, and
a faculty member appointed by the Governor.
This bill would require the Governor to appoint a permanent
nonfaculty employee of the university as one of the 16 appointive
members of the board, as specified. The bill would require a
systemwide staff council, as specified, to provide to the Governor a
list of 2 nominees for the Governor's consideration, and would
require the Governor to appoint one of the nominees to fill a vacancy
in an appointive position on the board. The bill would require that
this appointive position on the board thereafter be filled only by
permanent nonfaculty employees appointed in accordance with this
bill. The bill would provide that the permanent nonfaculty employee
member of the board shall receive for board service only actual and
necessary travel expenses and $100 for each day he or she is
attending to official business of the trustees.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 66602 of the Education Code is amended to read:
66602. (a) The board shall be composed of the following five ex
officio members: the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Speaker of the Assembly,
and the person named by the trustees to serve as the Chancellor of
the California State University; a representative of the alumni
associations of the state university, selected for a two-year term by
the alumni council, California State University, which
representative shall not be an employee of the California State
University during the two-year term; and 16 members appointed by the
Governor and subject to confirmation by two-thirds of the membership
of the Senate.
(b) (1) Two students from the California State University, who
shall have at least sophomore year standing at the institutions they
attend, and who remain in good standing as students during their
respective terms, shall also be appointed by the Governor to serve on
the board for two-year terms.
(2) In the selection of students as members of the board, the
Governor shall appoint the students from lists of names of at least
two, but not more than five, persons furnished by the governing board
of any statewide student organization that represents the students
of the California State University and the student body organizations
of the campuses of the California State University. Any appointment
to fill a vacancy of a student member shall be effective only for the
remainder of the term of the student member's office that became
vacated.
(3) 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 or university on
or after January 1 of the second year of his or her term of office
may serve the remainder of the term.
(4) (A) 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 subdivision (a).
(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), during the first year of a
student member's term, the student member may vote at a board meeting
if the other student member is absent from that meeting due to
illness, a family emergency, or a medical emergency.
(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), 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.
(6) A student member shall have his or her tuition fee waived for
the duration of his or her term of office.
(c) (1) A faculty member from the California State University, who
shall be tenured at the California State University campus at which
he or she teaches, shall also be appointed by the Governor to serve
on the board for a two-year term. In the selection of a faculty
member as a member of the board, the Governor shall appoint the
faculty member from a list of names of at least two persons furnished
by the Academic Senate of the California State University.
(2) The faculty member of the board appointed by the Governor
pursuant to this subdivision shall not participate on any
subcommittee of the board responsible for collective bargaining
negotiations.
(3) The two-year term of office of the faculty member of the board
shall commence on July 1, and, if the Governor has not appointed a
successor under paragraph (1), the faculty member may remain in
office after the term expires for one additional year, or until a
successor is appointed by the Governor, whichever occurs first.
(d) (1) (A) One of the 16 appointive members of the board
referenced in subdivision (a) shall be a permanent nonfaculty
employee, who is not in a management personnel plan, a confidential
classification, or an excluded classification. An independent
systemwide staff council, that is formed solely for this purpose and
consists of permanent employees who are not management personnel and
who are not in confidential or excluded classifications, shall
provide a list of two nominees for the Governor's consideration, and
the Governor shall appoint one of these nominees to fill a vacancy in
an appointive position on the board. This appointive position on the
board shall thereafter be filled only by permanent nonfaculty
employees appointed in accordance with this subdivision.
(B) The employee organizations of permanent nonfaculty employees
of the California State University shall fund the systemwide staff
council to be established pursuant to this paragraph.
(2) The permanent nonfaculty employee member of the board
appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall not participate on any
subcommittee of the board responsible for collective bargaining
negotiations.
(3) The permanent nonfaculty employee member of the board
appointed pursuant to this subdivisionshall receive compensation for
board service only as authorized pursuant to Section 66604.5.
