California Education Code

§ 72023.5

EDC § 72023.5 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 7 · Title 3 · Part 45 · Ch. 1 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)(1) (A) The governing board of each community college district shall order the inclusion within the membership of the governing board, in addition to the number of members otherwise prescribed, of one or more students. These students shall have the right to attend each and all meetings of the governing board, except that student members shall not have the right, or be afforded the opportunity, to attend executive sessions of the governing board.

(B)A student member shall have the opportunity to cast an advisory vote immediately before votes are cast by the regular members of the governing board.

(2)A student selected to serve on the governing board shall be enrolled in a community college of the district and shall be chosen, and shall be recalled, by the students enrolled in the community colleges of the district in accordance with procedures prescribed by the governing board. If the seat of a student member becomes vacant during the student member’s term, the governing board may authorize the officers of student body associations established pursuant to Section 76060 at each community college in the district to appoint a student to serve the remainder of the term in accordance with procedures established by the governing board. A student member shall be required throughout the term of the student member’s appointment to be enrolled in a community college of the district for at least five semester units, or its equivalent, and shall meet and maintain the minimum standards of scholarship for community college students prescribed by the community college district. The term of a student member shall be one year commencing on June 1 of each year.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 103, Sec. 1. (AB 1541) Effective January 1, 2024.