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SB-691 State Board of Education: student members.(2023-2024)

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Date Published: 01/11/2024 09:00 PM
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Amended  IN  Senate  January 11, 2024
Amended  IN  Senate  January 03, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 691

Introduced by Senator Portantino

February 16, 2023

An act to amend Section 33000.5 of the Education Code, relating to the State Board of Education.


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SB 691, as amended, Portantino. State Board of Education: student members.
Existing law establishes the State Board of Education, consisting of 10 members who are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of 2/3 of the Senate and one student member who is appointed by the Governor, pursuant to a specified selection process, with the advice and consent of 2/3 of the Senate. Under existing law, the student member is a voting member with the full rights and duties of the other 10 members of the state board. Existing law requires, as part of the selection process for the student member, a screening committee of the state board to select 12 semifinalists from among those who apply for the student member position. Existing law requires the California Association of Student Councils to select a maximum of 6 final candidates from the list of semifinalists. Existing law requires the state board to select 3 finalists from the candidates selected by the California Association of Student Councils and requires the Governor to appoint the student member from among those finalists.
This bill would eliminate the requirement for the Governor to appoint a student member with the advice and consent of 23 of the Senate and would instead require the state board to select the 3 student members from among the candidates presented by the California Association of Student Councils, as provided. instead require the state board to present for the Governor’s consideration all of the final candidates selected by the California Association of Student Councils. The bill would require the Governor to appoint 2 additional student members to the state board, as provided, and would require those student members to have preferential voting rights, as described.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 33000.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

33000.5.
 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 33000 and 33001, the Governor shall also appoint a three student member members to the state board with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate.
(b) The term of office of the each student member is one year, and shall begin on August 1. An individual may serve only one term as a student member.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding Section 1020 of the Government Code, the each student member shall be, at the time the student member’s one-year term commences, a student enrolled in good standing in grade 12 in a public high school. The student member members shall be selected from three students recommended the finalists presented to the Governor by the state board pursuant to subdivision (d). The One student member shall be a voting member with the full rights and duties of the other 10 members of the state board. The remaining student members appointed to the state board shall have preferential voting rights.
(2) “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 state board. 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.
(d) The process for selecting the student member members shall be as follows:
(1) Each year, the state board shall notify every school district that applications are being accepted for the student member’s position. member positions.
(2) A screening committee of the state board shall select 12 semifinalists for the student member’s position. member positions. Those semifinalists shall be presented to the California Association of Student Councils, which shall select a maximum of six final candidates for presentation to the state board.
(3) Each year, the state board shall select three present the finalists for the Governor’s consideration and may rank the finalists according to its preference.

SECTION 1.Section 33000.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:
33000.5.

(a)Notwithstanding Sections 33000 and 33001, three student members shall be appointed to the state board pursuant to this section.

(b)The term of office of each student member is one year, and shall begin on August 1. An individual may serve only one term as a student member.

(c)Notwithstanding Section 1020 of the Government Code, each student member shall be, at the time the student member’s one-year term commences, a student enrolled in good standing in grade 12 in a public high school. Each student member shall be selected by the state board from the final candidates recommended by the California Association of Student Councils pursuant to subdivision (d). Each student member shall be a voting member with the full rights and duties of the other 10 members of the state board.

(d)The process for selecting the student members shall be as follows:

(1)Each year, the state board shall notify every school district that applications are being accepted for the student member positions.

(2)A screening committee of the state board shall select 12 semifinalists for the student member positions. Those semifinalists shall be presented to the California Association of Student Councils, which shall select a maximum of six final candidates for presentation to the state board.