Opinion No. (2001)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE DENNIS CARDOZA, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a board member of a community college district become employed as a part-time or substitute instructor for the district? CONCLUSION A board member of a community college district may not become employed as a part-time or substitute instructor for the district. ANALYSIS The Legislature has enacted a comprehensive statutory scheme, the Walter Stiern Act (Ed. Code, §§ 70900 - 82548 ), 1 governing the establishment and operation of community colleges throughout the state. The community college system is under the control of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (§§ 70900 - 70901.5 , 71020 - 71051 ), whose responsibilities include providing general supervision over community college districts (§ 70901 ), issuing regulations (§ 70901.5 , see Cal. Code Regs., tit. 5, §§ 5:50001 - 5:59509 ), and appointing a chief executive officer, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to perform duties as delegated by the Board of Governors…