AB 1652

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Under existing law, any registered voter is eligible to be a member of the county board of education except the county superintendent of schools, any member of the county superintendent of school's staff, and any employee of a school district that is within the jurisdiction of the county board of education. This bill would make any charter school employee or executive director of a charter school or resource center ineligible to be a member of the county board of education in the county where their employing school or resource center is authorized, except for a member elected or appointed before January 1, 2023, as provided. The bill would prohibit a member meeting that exception from voting on issues related to their employing charter school. Existing law makes any person who is 18 years of age or older, a citizen of the state, a resident of the school district, a registered voter, and not disqualified from holding a civil office, eligible to be elected or appointed a member of a governing board of a school district, as provided, except that an employee of a school district is prohibited from being sworn into office as an elected or appointed member of that school district's governing board unless and until that person resigns as an employee. This bill would also prohibit an executive director or employee of a charter school or resource center from being sworn into office as an elected or appointed member of the school district's governing board if the charter school or resource center was authorized by the school district, unless and until they resign as an executive director or employee, except for a member elected or appointed before January 1, 2023, as provided. The bill would prohibit a member meeting that exception from voting on issues related to their employing charter school.