County boards of education: election.

(1) Existing law requires that a county board of education consist of 5 or 7 members to be determined by the county committee on school district organization, except in a city and county, and that each member of the board be an elector of the trustee area that he or she represents and be elected by the electors of the trustee area. Existing law provides that in a chartered county the manner of selection of the county board of education is required to be prescribed in the county charter or by the county board of supervisors. This bill would delete the provision regarding chartered counties and require members of the county board of education in those counties to be elected at the direct primary election held in 2014 by the voters of the trustee area that the member will represent. Four of the 7 seats, or 3 of the 5 seats, on these county boards of education would be open for election to initial 4-year terms and 3 of the 7 seats, or 2 of the 5 seats, would be open for election to initial 2-year terms. The bill would require subsequent elections be held on the date of the direct primary elections and to be for 4-year terms. The term of office would begin on the first day of July following a member's election. The county committee on school district organization, by a 23 vote of the members and pursuant to existing law, would determine the boundaries of the trustee areas using the most recent decennial federal census. By increasing the duties of local elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.