Section 1002 Of Article 1. Election, Jurisdiction, Organization And Procedure From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
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. (a) Upon being so requested by the county board of education,
the county committee on school district organization, by a
two-thirds vote of the members, may either change the boundaries of
any or all of the trustee areas of the county, or propose to increase
or decrease the number of members of the county board of education,
or both. The trustee areas shall be as nearly equal in population as
may be, except that in establishing or changing the boundaries of the
trustee areas the county committee may give consideration to the
following factors:
(1) Topography.
(2) Geography.
(3) Cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of
territory.
(4) Community of interests of the trustee areas.
In any event, the county committee shall ensure that trustee areas
are as nearly equal in population as practicable.
(b) Following each decennial federal census, and using population
figures validated by the Population Research Unit of the Department
of Finance as a basis, the county committee shall adjust the
boundaries of any or all of the trustee areas of the county board of
education as necessary to meet the population criteria set forth in
subdivision (a).
(c) Changes in trustee area boundaries or a proposed reduction in
the number of county board of education members shall be made in
writing and filed with the county board of supervisors not later than
the first day of March of any school year.
(d) In those counties in which the election of members of county
boards of education are required to be held on the same date as
prescribed for the election of members of governing boards of school
districts, as provided in Section 1007, the county committees on
school district organization shall fix the boundaries of trustee
areas, insofar as possible, to coincide with the boundaries of school
districts.
(e) Whenever the boundaries of trustee areas are changed so as to
be coterminous with those of supervisorial districts of the county,
the election for members of the county board of education shall be
consolidated with the countywide election.