SECTIONS 33000-33011 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 33000-33011

33000. 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.

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.

33001. 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.

33002. 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.

33003. 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.

33004. 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.

33005. 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.

33006. (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.

33007. 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.

33008. Special meetings may be called by the president. Upon the
request of any four members in writing, the secretary shall call a
special meeting.

33009. 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.

33009.5. 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.

33010. The concurrence of six members of the board shall be
necessary to the validity of any of its acts.

33011. 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.