Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges: consultation process.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to administer the community colleges and requires the board to provide general supervision over the community college districts and to perform various functions. Existing law requires the board, in performing those functions, to establish and carry out a process for consultation with institutional representatives of community college districts to ensure their participation in the development and review of policy proposals. Existing law also requires the consultation process to afford community college organizations, as well as interested individuals and parties, an opportunity to review and comment on proposed policy before it is adopted by the board. Pursuant to these consultation requirements, the board has established a consultation council composed of various members. This bill would require the board to include among the membership of the consultation council 2 members who are classified employees, each representing one of 2 different statewide collective bargaining organizations.