1000.

 (a) Except in a city and county, there shall be a county board of education, which shall, except as provided in subdivision (b), consist of five or seven members to be determined by the county committee on school district organization. Each member of the board shall be an elector of the trustee area that the member represents, and shall be elected by the electors of the trustee area. In chartered counties, the manner of selection of the county board of education shall be prescribed in the county charter, or by the county board of supervisors. In a county unified school district or in a unified or elementary school district that includes all of the territory over which a county superintendent of schools has jurisdiction, the governing board of the district shall serve as the county board of education.

(b) (1) There may be submitted to the county board of education of a county maintaining one or more high schools a pupil petition requesting the county board of education to appoint one or more pupil members to the county board of education pursuant to this section.

(2) The petition shall contain the signatures of either (A) not less than 500 pupils regularly enrolled in high schools that are under the jurisdiction of the county board of education, or (B) not less than 10 percent of the number of pupils regularly enrolled in high schools that are under the jurisdiction of the county board of education, whichever is less. Each fiscal year, and within 60 days of receipt of a petition for pupil representation, or at its next regularly scheduled meeting if no meeting is held within those 60 days, the county board of education shall order the inclusion within the membership of the county board of education, in addition to the number of members otherwise prescribed, of at least one pupil member. The county board of education may order the inclusion of more than one pupil member.

(3) Upon receipt of a petition for pupil representation, the county board of education shall, commencing July 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, order the inclusion within the membership of the county board of education, in addition to the number of members otherwise prescribed, of at least one pupil member. The county board of education may order the inclusion of more than one pupil member. The county board of education may appoint a pupil to serve as an alternate pupil member who would fulfill all duties and have the same rights as a pupil member if the county board of education determines the pupil member is not fulfilling their duties. If the county board of education appoints an alternate pupil member, the county board of education shall suspend the prior pupil member’s rights and privileges related to service on the county board of education.

(4) (A) A pupil member of the county board of education shall have preferential voting rights.

(B) Preferential voting, as used in this section, means a formal expression of opinion that is recorded in the minutes and cast before the official vote of the county board of education. A preferential vote shall not serve in determining the final numerical outcome of a vote. No preferential vote shall be solicited on matters subject to closed session discussion.

(5) The county board of education may adopt a resolution authorizing the pupil member or members to make motions that may be acted upon by the county board of education, except on matters dealing with employer-employee relations pursuant to Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 3540) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

(6) (A) Each pupil member shall have the right to attend each and all meetings of the county board of education, except closed sessions.

(B) (i) Each pupil member shall be appointed to subcommittees of the county board of education in the same manner as other board members.

(ii) Each pupil member shall be made aware of the time commitment required to participate in subcommittee meetings and work, and may decline an appointment to a subcommittee.

(iii) Subcommittee meetings may be scheduled in accordance with the availability of all members, including each pupil member.

(7) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a pupil selected to serve as a member of the county board of education shall be enrolled in a high school that is under the jurisdiction of the county board of education, may be less than 18 years of age, and shall be chosen by the pupils enrolled in the high school or high schools of the county in accordance with policies and procedures prescribed by the county board of education. The term of a pupil member shall be one year, commencing on July 1 of each year, except that the term of a pupil member may be adjusted only in cases where a vacancy occurs or to provide more pupils with an opportunity to serve on the county board of education.

(B) A pupil who is enrolled in a high school that is under the jurisdiction of a school district, and who may be less than 18 years of age, may be selected to serve as a member of the county board of education as specified in subparagraph (A) if no petition is submitted to select a pupil who is enrolled in a high school that is under the jurisdiction of the county board of education.

(8) A pupil member shall be entitled to the mileage allowance to the same extent as regular members, but is not entitled to the compensation prescribed in Section 35120, except members elected or selected pursuant to subdivision (a), and may receive compensation as specified in subdivision (f) of Section 35120. (h) of Section 1090.

(9) (A) A pupil member shall be seated with the members of the county board of education, and shall be recognized as a full member of the county board of education at the meetings, including receiving all open meeting materials presented to the board members at the same time the materials are presented to the other board members, being invited to staff briefings of board members, or being provided a separate staff briefing within the same timeframe as the staff briefing of other board members, being invited to attend other functions of the county board of education, such as forums, meetings with pupils and parents, and other general assemblies, and participating in the questioning of witnesses and the discussion of issues.

(B) A pupil member shall also receive all materials received by other board members between open meetings, except for materials that pertain to closed session items.

(10) A pupil member shall not be included in determining the vote required to carry any measure before the county board of education.

(11) A pupil member shall not be liable for any acts of the county board of education.

(12) A majority vote of all voting board members shall be required to approve a motion to eliminate a pupil member position from the county board of education. The motion shall be listed as a public agenda item for a meeting of the county board of education before the motion is voted upon.

(13) The policies and procedures for the selection of pupils to serve on the county board of education shall ensure and protect the privacy of each pupil, and of the parents or guardians of each pupil, involved in proceedings before the county board of education acting in its capacity as an appellate body.

(c) Pupil members of a county board of education shall not be considered members of a legislative body or a local agency for purposes of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).

1090.

 (a) The board of supervisors may allow, as compensation, to each regular member of the county board of education a sum not to exceed the following amounts:

(1) In any class one county, each regular member of the county board of education who actually attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for his or her the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per month.

(2) In any class two county, each regular member of the county board of education who actually attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for his or her the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400) per month.

(3) In any class three county, each regular member of the county board of education who actually attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for his or her the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) per month.

(4) In any class four county, each regular member of the county board of education who actually attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for his or her the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) per month.

(5) In any class five, class six, class seven, or class eight county, each regular member of the county board of education who actually attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for his or her the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed one hundred sixty dollars ($160) per month.

(b) Any regular member who does not attend all meetings held in any month may receive as compensation for his or her the regular member’s services an amount not greater than the maximum amount allowed by subdivision (a) divided by the number of meetings held, and multiplied by the number of meetings actually attended.

(c) The amount of compensation shall be determined by the county board of supervisors, or, in a county having a fiscally independent county board of education, by the county board of education.

(d) A pupil member or regular member of a county board of education may be paid for any meeting for which he or she the member is absent if the board by resolution duly adopted and included within its minutes finds that at the time of the meeting he or she the member was performing services outside the meeting on behalf of the board, he or she the member was ill or on jury duty, or the absence was due to a hardship deemed acceptable by the board.

(e) There may also be allowed to each regular member who uses a privately owned automobile in the discharge of necessary official duties as a member of the county board of education, the same amount as allowed by any county official in the performance of his or her official the county official’s duties. The mileage rate allowed in this section shall be based on the total mileage claimed in a calendar month.

(f) For purposes of this section, the classification of counties shall be determined pursuant to Section 1205.

(g) On an annual basis, the county board of education may increase the compensation of individual board regular members of the board beyond the limits delineated in this section, in an amount not to exceed 5 percent based on the present monthly rate of compensation. Any increase made pursuant to this section shall be effective upon approval by the county board of education. This action may be rejected by a majority of the voters in that county voting in a referendum established for that purpose, as prescribed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 9100) of Division 9 of the Elections Code.

35012.

 (a) Except as otherwise provided, the governing board of a school district shall consist of five members elected at large by the qualified voters of the school district. The terms of the members shall, except as otherwise provided, be for four years and staggered so that as nearly as practicable one-half of the members shall be elected in each odd-numbered year.

(b) A unified school district may have a governing board of seven members if the proposal for unification has specified a governing board of seven members. The members of the governing board of a unified school district shall be elected at large or by trustee areas as designated in the proposal for unification and shall serve four-year terms of office.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), and except as provided in this subdivision and Section 5018, the governing board of an elementary school district other than a union or joint union elementary school district shall consist of three members selected at large from the territory comprising the school district. Whenever, in any such elementary school district, the average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year is 300 or more, the procedures prescribed by Section 5018 shall be undertaken.

(d) (1) There may be submitted to the governing board of a school district maintaining one or more high schools a pupil petition requesting the governing board to appoint one or more pupil members to the governing board pursuant to this section.

(2) The petition shall contain the signatures of either (A) not less than 500 pupils regularly enrolled in high schools of the school district, or (B) not less than 10 percent of the number of pupils regularly enrolled in high schools of the school district, whichever is less. Each fiscal year, and within 60 days of receipt of a petition for pupil representation, or at its next regularly scheduled meeting if no meeting is held within those 60 days, the governing board of a school district shall order the inclusion within the membership of the governing board, in addition to the number of members otherwise prescribed, at least one pupil member. The governing board of a school district may order the inclusion of more than one pupil member.

(3) Upon receipt of a petition for pupil representation, the governing board of a school district shall, commencing July 1, 1976, and each year thereafter, order the inclusion within the membership of the governing board, in addition to the number of members otherwise prescribed, at least one pupil member. The governing board of a school district may order the inclusion of more than one pupil member. The governing board of a school district may appoint a pupil to serve as an alternate pupil member who would fulfill all duties and have the same rights as a pupil member if the governing board of a school district determines the pupil member is not fulfilling their duties. If the governing board of a school district appoints an alternate pupil member, the governing board shall suspend the prior pupil member’s rights and privileges related to service on the governing board.

(4) (A) A pupil member of the governing board of a school district shall have preferential voting rights.

(B) Preferential voting, as used in this section, means a formal expression of opinion that is recorded in the minutes and cast before the official vote of the governing board of the school district. A preferential vote shall not serve in determining the final numerical outcome of a vote. No preferential vote shall be solicited on matters subject to closed session discussion.

(5) The governing board of the school district may adopt a resolution authorizing the pupil member or members to make motions that may be acted upon by the governing board, except on matters dealing with employer-employee relations pursuant to Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 3540) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

(6) (A) Each pupil member shall have the right to attend each and all meetings of the governing board of the school district, except closed sessions.

(B) (i) Each pupil member shall be appointed to subcommittees of the governing board in the same manner as other board members.

(ii) Each pupil member shall be made aware of the time commitment required to participate in subcommittee meetings and work, and may decline an appointment to a subcommittee.

(iii) Subcommittee meetings may be scheduled in accordance with the availability of all members, including each pupil member.

(7) Any pupil selected to serve as a member of the governing board of a school district shall be enrolled in a high school of the school district, may be less than 18 years of age, and shall be chosen by the pupils enrolled in the high school or high schools of the school district in accordance with policies and procedures prescribed by the governing board. The term of a pupil member shall be one year, commencing on July 1 of each year, except that the term of a pupil member may be adjusted only in cases where a vacancy occurs or to provide more pupils with an opportunity to serve on the governing board.

(8) A pupil member shall be entitled to the mileage allowance to the same extent as regular members, but is not entitled to the compensation prescribed in Section 35120, except members elected or selected pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, and may receive compensation as specified in subdivision (f) of Section 35120.

(9) (A) A pupil member shall be seated with the members of the governing board of the school district, and shall be recognized as a full member of the governing board at the meetings, including receiving all open meeting materials presented to the board members at the same time the materials are presented to the board members, being invited to staff briefings of board members or being provided a separate staff briefing within the same timeframe as the staff briefing of board members, being invited to attend other functions of the governing board of the school district, such as forums, meetings with pupils and parents, and other general assemblies, and participating in the questioning of witnesses and the discussion of issues.

(B) A pupil member shall also receive all materials received by other board members between open meetings, except for materials that pertain to closed session items.

(10) The pupil member shall not be included in determining the vote required to carry any measure before the governing board of the school district.

(11) The pupil member shall not be liable for any acts of the governing board of the school district.

(12) A majority vote of all voting board members shall be required to approve a motion to eliminate the pupil member position from the governing board of a school district. The motion shall be listed as a public agenda item for a meeting of the governing board before the motion being voted upon.

(e) Pupil members shall not be considered members of a legislative body of a local agency for purposes of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).

35120.

 (a) (1) In a school district in which the average daily attendance for the prior school year exceeded 250,000, each regular member of the governing board of the school district who attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for the regular member’s services a salary as set forth by the local city charter law or applicable rules and regulations and as determined by a local compensation review committee.

(2) In a school district that is not located in a city and county, and in which the average daily attendance for the prior school year exceeded 60,000, the governing board may prescribe, as compensation for the services of each regular member of the board who attends all meetings held, a sum not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) in any month.

(3) In a school district in which the average daily attendance for the prior school year was 60,000 or less, but more than 25,000, each regular member of the city board of education or the governing board of the school district who attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) in any month.

(4) In a school district in which the average daily attendance for the prior school year was 25,000 or less, but more than 10,000, each regular member of the city board of education or the governing board of the school district who attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400) in any month.

(5) In a school district in which the average daily attendance for the prior school year was 10,000 or less, but more than 1,000, each regular member of the city board of education or the governing board of the school district who attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed two hundred forty dollars ($240) in any month.

(6) In a school district in which the average daily attendance for the prior school year was 1,000 or less, but more than 150, each regular member of the city board of education or the governing board of the school district who attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed one hundred twenty dollars ($120) in any month.

(7) In a school district in which the average daily attendance for the prior school year was less than 150, each regular member of the city board of education or the governing board of the school district who attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed sixty dollars ($60) per month.

(8) A regular member who does not attend all meetings held in any month may receive, as compensation for the regular member’s services, an amount not greater than the maximum amount allowed by this subdivision divided by the number of meetings held and multiplied by the number of meetings attended.

(9) For purposes of providing compensation pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (7), inclusive, average daily attendance for the prior school year may be increased by a school district’s percentage of excused absences reported for the 1996–97 fiscal year.

(b) The compensation of regular members of the governing board of a school district newly organized or reorganized shall be governed by subdivision (a). For this purpose, the total average daily attendance in all of the schools of the school district in the school year in which the organization or reorganization became effective shall be considered the average daily attendance in the school district for the prior school year.

(c) A pupil member or regular member may be paid for any meeting when absent if the board, by resolution duly adopted and included in its minutes, finds that at the time of the meeting the member is performing services outside the meeting for the school district or districts, the member was ill or on jury duty, or the absence was due to a hardship considered acceptable by the board.

(d) Compensation provided pursuant to this section shall be a charge against the funds of the school district. If the city board of education or the governing board of the school district is the governing board of more than one school district, the compensation shall be charged against and paid by the respective school districts in the same proportion as the salary of the city superintendent of schools is charged against them. Compensation shall be reduced by an amount equal to any salary or compensation paid to the members of the city board of education from any funds of the city.

(e) On an annual basis, the governing board may increase the compensation of individual board regular members beyond the limits delineated in this section, in an amount not to exceed 5 percent based on the present monthly rate of compensation. An increase made pursuant to this subdivision shall be effective upon approval by the governing board.

(f) The governing board of a school district may award a pupil member elective either of the following:

(1) Elective course credit based on the number of equivalent daily instructional minutes for the pupil member’s services provided.