Section 33000.5 Of Article 1. Composition From California Education Code >> Division 2. >> Title 2. >> Part 20. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
33000.5
. (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.