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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 2 - COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 13 - School District Boundaries › Section 2602.

2602. Whenever any school district or community college district has been or is hereafter intersected by any county boundary line in the formation of any new county, or in changing the boundary of any county, and portions of the district then lie in different counties, the district shall, by operation of law, constitute and become established as a joint school district, at the time of the intersection, unless otherwise provided.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 2 - COUNTY EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 13 - School District Boundaries › Section 2603.

2603. The county superintendent may, if he deems it necessary, order a description of the boundaries of any district under his jurisdiction printed in pamphlet form and pay for the pamphlets out of the county school service fund.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4000.

4000. There is in each county, except a county which is also a city and county, a county committee on school district organization. The number of members of the county committee in each county shall be determined as provided in this article.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4001.

4001. If all of the territory of a county under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools of the county is included in one unified school district, the governing board of the unified school district shall constitute the county committee.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4002.

4002. Except as provided in Section 4001, if there are fewer than six school districts or community college districts in the territory under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools of the county, he or she shall determine the number of, and appoint, the members of the county committee.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 39.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4003.

4003. In every county with six or more school districts or community college districts in the territory under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools of the county, the county committee on school district organization shall have 11 members.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 40.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4004.

4004. (a) If the number of school districts or community college districts in a county with six or more districts decreases to fewer than six, Section 4001 or 4002 shall apply, as appropriate.
(b) If the number of school districts or community college districts in a county with fewer than six districts increases to six or more, Section 4003 shall apply.
(c) Each member serving on a county committee when the number of school districts or community college districts changes as described in subdivision (a) or (b) shall serve out his or her term of office.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4005.

4005. (a) The county superintendent of schools shall call an annual meeting of the representatives of the governing board of each school district, elected pursuant to Section 35023, and the representatives of the governing board of each community college district, elected pursuant to Section 72403. This annual meeting shall be held between October 1 and December 1.
(b) The county superintendent of schools shall give notice of the annual meeting to the representatives of each governing board by prepaid mail addressed to the clerk or secretary of the governing board of each district. The notice shall be deemed sufficient and complete when deposited in the United States mail.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4006.

4006. (a)  Any vacancy created by the expiration of the term of office of a member of the county committee on school district organization shall be filled by the majority vote of the representatives of the governing boards at the annual meeting called and held pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 4005. The county committee may authorize the representatives of the governing boards to vote, for this purpose, through the use of absentee ballots that are submitted, in the form and manner prescribed by the county committee, prior to the date set for the annual meeting.
(b) If the representatives fail to elect members to fill the vacancies on the county committee pursuant to subdivision (a), the vacancies shall be filled by the county superintendent of schools.
(c) Vacancies on the county committee which occur prior to the expiration of the term of office of a member of the county committee, which are caused by the happening of any of the events specified in Section 1770 of the Government Code, shall be filled as follows:
(1) In a county in which the members of the county committee are appointed by the county superintendent of schools, by the appointment of the county superintendent of schools.
(2) In a county in which the members of the county committee are elected by the representatives of the governing boards, by the majority vote of the remaining members of the committee. However, if the remaining members of the committee do not fill the vacancy within 70 days of its occurrence, the county superintendent of schools shall fill the vacancy by his or her appointment.
Persons elected or appointed to fill a vacancy pursuant to this subdivision shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the allowance for absentee ballots will increase participation in the selection of county committees and will not diminish the public review of candidates for those county committees.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 860, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4007.

4007. No county superintendent of schools, employee of the office of a county superintendent of schools, employee of a school district, or employee of a community college district shall be a member of the county committee. Any member of the governing board of a school district or community college district in the same or any other county who is otherwise eligible may simultaneously serve as a member of the county committee.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1123, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4008.

4008. (a) At least two members of every county committee shall be elected from among the registered voters residing within each county supervisorial district in the county.
(b) If any change in the boundaries of a county supervisorial district in the county affects an incumbent member of the county committee, the affected member shall serve the remainder of his or her term of office and succeeding county committees shall be elected in accordance with subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 581, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4009.

4009. The term of each member of the county committee shall begin upon election pursuant to Section 4006 or upon appointment pursuant to Section 4002, as appropriate, and shall be for four years.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4010.

4010. The members of the county committee shall serve without compensation. However, they shall receive reimbursement for any actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 47.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4011.

4011. (a) The county counsel, or if there is no county counsel, the district attorney, may provide legal services to the county committee.
(b) In any county in which the board of supervisors has transferred functions and duties to the county board of education pursuant to Section 1080 and the county board of education has agreed to include the expenses of the county committee in the single budget adopted pursuant to Section 1623 for which a county tax is levied, the county committee may appoint legal counsel in the same manner that the county superintendent of schools of that county may appoint counsel. The expenses of an appointment pursuant to this subdivision shall be a proper charge against the county school service fund.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4012.

4012. Within 30 days after the election or appointment of the county committee, the county superintendent of schools shall call the first meeting of the county committee, for purposes of electing a committee chairperson and a committee vice chairperson from among the members of the committee. The county superintendent of schools shall serve as the secretary of the county committee.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1095, Sec. 2. Effective September 27, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4013.

4013. Meetings of the county committee may be called by the chairperson, or by a quorum of the committee.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - County Committees on School District Organization › Section 4014.

4014. For purposes of this article, a majority of the members of county committee shall constitute a quorum.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Transfer of Duties of County Committee to County Board of Education › Section 4020.

4020. (a) Upon the petition of the county committee on school district organization of a county, or of the county board of education of that county, the State Board of Education may order the county board of education to act as the county committee on school district organization for that county.
(b) The State Board of Education shall approve or reject a petition to transfer the duties and powers of the county committee on school district organization of a county to the county board of education of that county and shall notify the petitioning agency of its action within 90 days after receiving the petition.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Transfer of Duties of County Committee to County Board of Education › Section 4021.

4021. Upon the order of the State Board of Education issued pursuant to Section 4020, the county board of education of a county succeeds to and is vested with all duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction formerly vested in the county committee on school district organization of that county.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 3. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Transfer of Duties of County Committee to County Board of Education › Section 4022.

4022. (a) The State Board of Education may, upon its own motion or upon petition of the county board of education or a majority of districts in the county, reestablish a county committee on school district organization whose duties and powers have been previously transferred pursuant to Section 4020.
(b) The State Board of Education shall vote to approve or disapprove any petition submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) at the next regularly scheduled board meeting for which the matter can be properly noticed.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1263, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Transfer of Duties of County Committee to County Board of Education › Section 4023.

4023. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 4005, the first annual meeting following the reestablishment of a county committee on school district organization shall occur within 30 days of the State Board of Education’s action to reestablish the committee.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1263, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 3 - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICT ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Operational Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Transfer of Duties of County Committee to County Board of Education › Section 4024.

4024. A county committee on school district organization reestablished pursuant to Section 4022 succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction previously transferred to the county board of education pursuant to Section 4021.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1263, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5000.

5000. After the initial election of governing board members in any school district or community college district, a governing board member election shall be held biennially on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each succeeding odd-numbered year to fill the offices of members whose terms expire on the first Friday in December next succeeding the election. Except as provided in this chapter, or in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 5200) , the elections shall be held and conducted in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5300).
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5009.

5009. The governing board of any school district or community college district having trustee areas and which elects more than one member from any of such trustee areas may, by resolution, provide for the staggering of terms of members elected from any of such multiple-member trustee areas.
The resolution shall provide that at the initial election after adoption of the resolution, one or more members elected from a trustee area will be elected for two-year terms and that one or more members elected from such trustee area will be elected for four-year terms, and that thereafter all members elected from such trustee area will be elected for four-year terms. Immediately after the initial election, the newly elected members from such trustee area shall draw lots to determine which of the members shall serve a two-year term and which of the members shall serve a four-year term.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5013.

5013. The form of ballot for governing board member elections shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13 of the Elections Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5014.

5014. Any election held for the purpose of electing governing board members of any school district, or community college district, including additional governing board members as provided by Section 5018 shall be held and conducted in accordance with the uniform procedures set forth in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5300) of this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5015.7.

5015.7. If the governing board of Santa Clarita Community College adopts election procedures with number assignments to each board seat pursuant to Section 5015.5, this system shall remain in effect until the governing board, by a resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of the board, discontinues numbered seats and returns to procedures under Section 5015.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 271, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5016.

5016. (a) If a tie vote makes it impossible to determine either which of two or more candidates has been elected to the governing board or the term of office of a governing board member, the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction shall so certify to the governing board.
(b) The governing board may either call a runoff election or determine the winner or winners by lot. Prior to conducting any school board election on or after March 1, 1977, the governing board of each school district shall establish which of such procedures is to be employed by the district in the event of a tie vote.
(c) If the governing board decides to determine the winner by lot, the governing board shall forthwith notify the candidates who have received the tie votes to appear before it either personally or by a representative at a time and place designated by the governing board. The governing board shall at that time and place determine the winner or winners by lot.
(d) If the governing board decides to call a runoff election, it shall call a runoff election to be held in the district on the sixth Tuesday following the election at which the tie vote occurred. Only the candidates receiving the tie votes shall appear on the ballots. Any member of the governing board who will be succeeded by a winner of the runoff election and whose term would expire before the winner of the runoff election would be determined shall continue to discharge the duties of his office until his successor has qualified. The runoff election shall be called and conducted substantially in the manner provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5300) of this part, provided, that the governing board shall determine the adjustments of the time requirements prescribed therein which would be necessary in order to conduct the runoff election.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1205.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5017.

5017. Each person elected at a regular biennial governing board member election shall hold office for a term of four years commencing on the second Friday in December next succeeding his or her election. Any member of the governing board of a school district or community college district whose term has expired shall continue to discharge the duties of the office until his or her successor has qualified. The term of the successor shall begin upon the expiration of the term of his or her predecessor.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 146, Sec. 3. (AB 2449) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5018.

5018. Any elementary school district having a governing board of three members may, and any elementary school district having a governing board of three members whose average daily attendance during the preceding fiscal year was 300 or more shall do either of the following:
(a) By its own action determine that the number of members of the governing board shall be increased to five, in which case two additional members shall be elected at an upcoming established election date, as specified in Section 1000 of the Elections Code, determined by the board.
(b) Request the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction to submit the question of whether the number of members of the governing board shall be increased to five to the voters of the elementary school district at an upcoming established election date, as specified in Section 1000 of the Elections Code, determined by the county superintendent of schools. At the same election, two additional members shall be elected to take office if the number of governing board members is increased.
Candidates for the two additional offices shall state in the declarations of candidacy filed for the election that the candidates are candidates for the two additional offices separately from the other offices to be filled in the election and shall clearly indicate to the voters that they may vote for two of the candidates to take office if the voters approve the proposed increase in the number of board members.
If the voters at the election do not approve the increase in membership of the governing board, the same question may be submitted to the voters at subsequent governing board member elections. Requests to the county superintendent to submit the question to the voters of a district shall be filed with him or her by the governing board of the district no later than 100 days prior to the election.
If, pursuant to either subdivision (a) or subdivision (b), two additional governing board members are authorized and elected, the one receiving the higher number of votes shall hold office for a term commencing the first day of the month following the election until the first Friday in December in the second succeeding year following the election in which a regular governing board election is held, and the other one shall hold office for a term commencing the first day of the month following the election until the first Friday in December in the first succeeding year following the election in which a regular governing board election is held. Thereafter the governing board shall be composed of five members elected in the same manner and for the same term as governing boards having five members.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 588, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5019.5.

5019.5. (a) Following each decennial federal census, the governing board of each school district or community college district in which trustee areas have been established shall adopt trustee area boundaries pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 21100) of Division 21 of the Elections Code.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 21130 of the Elections Code, if a school district or community college district has one or more multiple-member trustee areas, the governing board shall adopt the boundaries of the areas of the district so that the population of each area is substantially the same proportion of the total population of the district as the ratio that the number of governing board members elected from the area bears to the total number of members of the governing board, as required by the United States Constitution. Substantial proportionality of population shall be based on the total population of residents as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 21130 of the Elections Code.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (a), the authority to establish or abolish trustee areas, rearrange the boundaries of trustee areas, increase or decrease the number of members of the governing board, or adopt any method of electing governing board members may be exercised only as otherwise provided under this article and Division 21 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Elections Code, as applicable.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 343, Sec. 7. (AB 764) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5021.

5021. (a) If a proposal for the establishment of trustee areas formulated under Sections 5019 and 5020 is approved by a majority of the voters voting at the election, or by the county committee on school district organization when no election is required, any affected incumbent board member shall serve out the board member’s term of office and succeeding board members shall be nominated and elected in accordance with Section 5030. If two or more trustee areas are established at an election that are not represented in the membership of the governing board of the school district or community college district, the county committee shall determine by lot the trustee area from which the nomination and election for the next vacancy on the governing board shall be made.
(b) If a proposal for rearrangement of boundaries is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the measure, or by the county committee when no election is required, or by the board, and if the boundary changes affect the board membership, any affected incumbent board member shall serve out the board member’s term of office and that member shall continue to represent the constituents residing in the area boundaries from which the member was elected for the duration of that term of office. Succeeding board members shall be nominated and elected in accordance with Section 5030. This section does not prevent a board from assigning a trustee or school district or community college district official to provide constituent services to residents of an area that is temporarily not represented by a trustee due to redistricting.
(c) If a proposal for abolishing trustee areas is approved by a majority of the voters voting at the election, the incumbent board members shall serve out their terms of office and succeeding board members shall be nominated and elected at large from the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 343, Sec. 10. (AB 764) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5022.

5022. If the number of members of the governing board is increased from five to seven, the two additional members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the governing board of the district, with the term of one of those two additional appointees being designated to expire on the first Friday in December of the next succeeding odd-numbered year and the term of the other appointee being designated to expire on the first Friday in December of the second succeeding odd-numbered year.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 970, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5023.

5023. (a) Whenever an elementary, high school, or unified school district, or a portion of any such district, is annexed to another school district in which trustee areas have been established, the county committee on school district organization of the county having jurisdiction over the annexing district shall study and make recommendations with respect to trustee areas of the annexing district as enlarged. If the recommendations include moving territory from an existing trustee area in the annexing district to another trustee area of the annexing district, the recommendations shall comply with the criteria and requirements in Section 21130 of the Elections Code. Procedures contained in Section 5019 shall be used for purposes of this section.
(b) Recommendations adopted under provisions of subdivision (a), if approved by the electors, shall become effective on the same date that the annexing district as enlarged becomes effective for all purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 343, Sec. 11. (AB 764) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5024.

5024. The county committee may provide that an election to elect trustees, pursuant to its recommendations under Section 5023, shall be held at the same time as is held the election to effect a change in trustee areas.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS › PART 4 - ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Election of School District Board Members › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 5025.

5025. If an election is called or a resolution of the county committee approving a proposal to establish trustee areas is adopted, as applicable, pursuant to Section 5020, the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction shall, as to each trustee area having more than its allotted number of representatives in the membership of the governing board for the next succeeding school year, determine by lot which of said representatives shall relinquish their offices either immediately upon the election and qualification of the governing board members who are elected as provided in Section 5024 or on the first day of April next succeeding the election or the adoption of the resolution, as applicable, establishing trustee areas in the district, whichever is the later.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 139, Sec. 5. (SB 442) Effective January 1, 2022.)
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5026. Members elected to fill vacancies created pursuant to Section 5025 shall serve out the unexpired term of the office that was terminated.
The county committee shall designate by lot for each newly formed trustee area the expiring term of office for which a member shall be elected.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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5027. Notwithstanding Section 5019, Section 5019.5, or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 21100) of Division 21 of the Elections Code, whenever the boundaries of a county high school district are coterminous with the boundaries of a county, the board shall consist of one member from each supervisorial district in the county elected at large from the district, and the high school district shall not go through a redistricting process separate from the process for redistricting the county board of supervisors.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 343, Sec. 12. (AB 764) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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5028. In every community college district that was divided into five trustee areas on or before September 7, 1955, one member of the board shall be elected from each trustee area by the registered voters of the trustee area. Following each federal decennial census, the governing board shall, by resolution, adopt boundaries for all of the trustee areas pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 21100) of Division 21 of the Elections Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 343, Sec. 13. (AB 764) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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5029. Notwithstanding Section 5028, when a community college trustee ward boundary line falls upon an election precinct boundary line, and the election precinct boundary line is changed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12200) of Division 12 of the Elections Code, the governing board of the district shall, at least 120 days prior to any trustee election, change the ward boundary line to conform to precinct boundary lines, where possible.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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5030. Except as provided in Sections 5027 and 5028, in any school district or community college district having trustee areas, the county committee on school district organization and the registered voters of a district, pursuant to Sections 5019 and 5020, respectively, may at any time recommend one of the following alternate methods of electing governing board members:
(a) That each member of the governing board be elected by the registered voters of the entire district.
(b) That one or more members residing in each trustee area be elected by the registered voters of that particular trustee area.
(c) That each governing board member be elected by the registered voters of the entire school district or community college district, but reside in the trustee area which he or she represents.
The recommendation shall provide that any affected incumbent member shall serve out his or her term of office and that succeeding board members shall be nominated and elected in accordance with the method recommended by the county committee.
Whenever trustee areas are established in a district, provision shall be made for one of the alternative methods of electing governing board members.
In counties with a population of less than 25,000, the county committee on school district organization or the county board of education, if it has succeeded to the duties of the county committee, may at any time, by resolution, with respect to trustee areas established for any school district, other than a community college district, amend the provision required by this section without additional approval by the electors, to require one of the alternate methods for electing board members to be utilized.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 350, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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5030.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board in the Sweetwater Union High School District may be elected under a method, as approved pursuant to Section 5019, that would require all of the following:
(a) That each membership position on the governing board be identified, by number or otherwise.
(b) That each person seeking election to the governing board be required to declare his or her candidacy for only one of those identified membership positions.
(c) That each of those identified membership positions on the governing board be filled by the election of registered voters of the entire district.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 37, Sec. 1. Effective April 3, 1990.)
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5030.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board of the Chula Vista Elementary School District may be elected under a method, as approved pursuant to Section 5019, that would require all of the following:
(a) That each membership position on the governing board be identified, by number or otherwise.
(b) That each person seeking election to the governing board be required to declare his or her candidacy for only one of those identified membership positions.
(c) That each of those identified membership positions on the governing board be filled by an election that includes the registered voters of the entire district.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 76, Sec. 1. Effective May 20, 1994.)
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5030.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the members of the governing board of the Santee Elementary School District may be elected under a method, as approved pursuant to Section 5019, that would require all of the following:
(a) That each membership position on the governing board be identified, by number or otherwise.
(b) That each person seeking election to the governing board be required to declare his or her candidacy for only one of those identified membership positions.
(c) That each of those identified membership positions on the governing board be filled by an election that includes the registered voters of the entire district.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 48, Sec. 1. Effective May 15, 1996.)
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5031. Whenever a school district or community college district is divided for governing board membership purposes into wards, supervisorial districts, or trustee areas, the county superintendent of schools shall prepare and keep in his or her office a map showing the boundaries of such subdivisions of all districts under his or her jurisdiction. Whenever a proposal to initiate a change in trustee area boundaries is submitted to a county committee on school district organization pursuant to Section 5019 by resolution of the governing board of a district, and the proposal is approved, the costs of preparing, developing, and duplicating the maps and legal descriptions shall be borne by the district.
The county superintendent shall also prepare and keep in his or her office a record of all actions taken by the county committee on district organization in connection with trustee area boundaries.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 678, Sec. 1.)
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5033. A member of the governing board of a district wholly or partially included in a unified school district formed under the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 35700) of Part 21 of Division 3 of Title 2 shall not be a member of the governing board of the unified school district unless elected to that governing board.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (AB 1599) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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5090. Vacancies on school district governing boards or community college district boards are caused by any of the events specified in Section 1770 of the Government Code, or by a failure to elect. A vacancy resulting from resignation occurs when the written resignation is filed with the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction over the district, except where a deferred effective date is specified in the resignation so filed, in which case the resignation shall become effective on that date. A written resignation, whether specifying a deferred effective date or otherwise, shall, upon being filed with the county superintendent of schools be irrevocable.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
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5092. (a) If a provisional appointment is made to the governing board of a school district to fill a vacancy that occurs or will occur pursuant to Section 5091, the board shall, within 10 days of the provisional appointment, provide notice of both the actual vacancy or the filing of a deferred resignation and also the provisional appointment by all of the following methods:
(1) Posting the notice in three public places in the school district.
(2) Publishing the notice pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. If there is no newspaper of general circulation published in the district, notice need not be published.
(3) Posting the notice on the school district’s internet website.
(b) The notice shall state all of the following:
(1) The fact of the vacancy or resignation.
(2) The date of the occurrence of the vacancy or the date of the filing of, and the effective date of, the resignation.
(3) The full name of the provisional appointee to the board and the date of the provisional appointee’s appointment.
(4) That unless a petition calling for a special election, containing a sufficient number of signatures, is filed in the office of county superintendent of schools within 30 days of the date of the provisional appointment, it shall become an effective appointment.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 68, Sec. 1. (AB 1326) Effective January 1, 2024.)