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 01/30/25 - Introduced

 SB-249 County boards of education: elections: consolidation.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 04/30/2025 09:00 PM

SB249:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 April 30, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 March 10, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 249

Introduced by Senator Umberg

January 30, 2025

An act to amend Sections 1007 and 1009 of, and to repeal Section 1017 of, the Education Code, and to amend Sections 1302 and 10404.5 of the Elections Code, relating to county boards of education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 249, as amended, Umberg.
 County boards of education: elections: consolidation.

The California Constitution requires the Legislature to provide for the appointment or election of the State Board of Education and a board of education in each county or for the election of a joint county board of education for 2 or more counties.

Existing law requires the regular election to select governing board members in any school district, community college district, or county board of education to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year. Notwithstanding that requirement, after the initial election, any subsequent election of governing board members in any school district, community college district, or county board of education may be established, upon the adoption of an appropriate resolution by the governing board or the county board of education, to regularly occur on the same day
 as the statewide direct primary election, the statewide general election, or the general municipal election, as specified.

This bill, notwithstanding any other law, and commencing January 1, 2026, would require any election for the elected members of a county board of education to instead be consolidated with the statewide general election. The bill would require the term of office of all incumbent elected members of a county board of education to be extended accordingly, and would require the county committee on school district organization to determine the manner in which the county board of education elected shall effect a staggering of terms, if necessary. By imposing additional duties on local officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill also would make conforming changes.

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 the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 YES 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 1007 of the Education Code is amended to read:

1007.

 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing January 1, 2026, any election for the members of a county board of education
 shall be consolidated with the statewide general election.

 (b)If the elections for the members of the governing board of a school district and the members of the county board of education are held on the same date, then the provisions of Section 5303 shall apply to the election of members of the county board of education.

(c)Elections held pursuant to this article shall be conducted by the county board of education, except as provided in subdivision (b).

(d)

(b) (1) County board of education members shall take office on the second Friday in December subsequent to their election. The county committee on school district organization shall determine the manner in which the county board of education first elected shall effect a staggering of terms.

(2) Commencing January 1, 2026, the term of office of all incumbent members of a county board of education shall be extended accordingly for purposes of subdivision (a) and the county committee on school district organization shall determine the manner in which the county board of education shall effect a staggering of