Article 1. Composition of California Education Code >> Division 2. >> Title 2. >> Part 20. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.

There is in the state government a State Board of Education, consisting of 10 members, who are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate.

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 33000 and 33001, the Governor shall also appoint a student member to the State Board of Education, with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate.
  (b) Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d) the incumbent student member on January 1, 1984, shall be eligible for appointment by the Governor subject to the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate.
  (c) The term of office of the student member is one year, and shall begin on August 1. An individual may serve only one term as a student member.
  (d) Notwithstanding Section 1020 of the Government Code, the student member shall be, at the time the member's one-year term commences, a student enrolled in good standing in grade 12 in a public high school. The student member shall be selected from three students recommended by the State Board of Education pursuant to subdivision (e). The student member shall be a voting member with the full rights and duties of the other 10 members of the board.
  (e) The process for selecting the student member shall be as follows:
  (1) The State Board of Education shall notify every school district governing board, district superintendent, high school principal, high school student activities director, and student body president by September 15 of each year that applications are being accepted for the student member's position.
  (2) Applications for the student member's position shall be submitted to the State Board of Education no later than October 31 of each year.
  (3) A screening committee of the State Board of Education shall select 12 semifinalists for the student member's position.
  (4) The school district governing board student members shall select six candidates from the 12 semifinalists.
  (5) The State Board of Education shall, by December 31 of each year, select three finalists for the Governor's consideration and shall rank the finalists according to their preference.
  (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the governing board of a school district which maintains a high school to grant voting rights to a student member serving on the school district governing board.

The term of office of the members of the board is four years, and they shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of their successors. The terms of the members of the board in office when this section takes effect shall expire as follows: Three members January 15, 1960. Two members January 15, 1961. Three members January 15, 1962. Two members January 15, 1963. The terms shall expire in the same relative order as to each member as the term for which he holds office before this section takes effect.

Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, subject to confirmation by two-thirds of the Senate. The appointee to fill a vacancy shall hold office only for the balance of the unexpired term.

The board, through its own bylaws, shall provide for its operation and organization, including, but not limited to, the election of its officers and the establishment of its committees.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be secretary and shall act as executive officer of the board. He shall have charge of all its correspondence and shall keep a record of its proceedings.

The board shall appoint an acting secretary, who shall also act as executive officer of the board in the absence of the Superintendent of Public Instruction from the state, or in case of his incapacity for duty.

(a) Members of the board shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses while on official business. Each member shall also receive the allowance in excess of expenses specified in Section 11564.5 of the Government Code for each day he or she is acting in an official capacity.
  (b) Effective January 1, 1997, when a board member is employed by a public school and, while the board member is acting in his or her official capacity as a member of the board, and his or her employer is required to hire a substitute teacher to replace that board member, then the board may, from funds appropriated for support of the board's activities, reimburse that public school for the daily cost of hiring the substitute teacher during the board member's absence from his or her employment.

The board shall meet at least six times a year at such times as it may by resolution determine; provided, that it shall meet at least once every three months.

Special meetings may be called by the president. Upon the request of any four members in writing, the secretary shall call a special meeting.

Notice of each meeting shall be given by the secretary by registered mail to each member of the board at least 10 days prior to the time of the meeting. Notice of the meeting may be waived in writing by all members of the board.

Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 11125 of the Government Code, when the board provides information on its Internet site, that is available to subscribers to the extent permitted by law, concerning an agenda item, it shall provide the same information that is otherwise provided to board members. Nothing in this section is intended to require the board to provide any additional printed or electronic information beyond that which it would otherwise make available to the public at the open session.

(a) The state board shall provide for live video and audio transmission of all board meetings and hearings that are open to the public through a technology that is accessible to as large a segment of the public as possible, including, but not limited to, the use of any of the following technologies:
  (1) Cable, satellite, over-the-air, or any other type of transmission that can be accessed through a television.
  (2) Web cast.
  (b) The state board shall ensure that any Web cast transmission implemented pursuant to subdivision (a) may be transmitted over and accessed through the K-12 High-Speed Network established pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 11800.
  (c) The state board shall consult with the State Chief Information Officer for the purposes of implementing this section pursuant to the duties that the State Chief Information Officer is required to perform, as described in Section 11545 of the Government Code.

The concurrence of six members of the board shall be necessary to the validity of any of its acts.

Whenever by any law the board is authorized to appoint members to a board, commission, or other statutorily created body, the board may also appoint a nonvoting student member to that body. The student member shall receive actual and necessary expenses from the body to which he or she is appointed and shall be afforded an opportunity to express his or her preference on all matters voted upon by that body. The term of office of all student members appointed pursuant to this section shall be one year beginning on August 1. A person may serve only one term as a student member. The board shall determine the process for selecting student members appointed pursuant to this section by amendment to its bylaws.