Senate Bill No. 448
(By Senators Plymale, Edgell,
Boley, Bowman, Caldwell, Dempsey,
Hunter, Oliverio, Sprouse, Unger and White)
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported February 4, 2004
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A BILL to repeal §18B-6-1a of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as
amended; to amend and reenact §18B-2B-8 of said code; to amend
and reenact §18B-6-1, §18B-6-2a, §18B-6-3a, §18B-6-4a and
§18B-6-4b of said code; and to amend said code by adding
thereto two new sections, designated §18B-6-2 and §18B-6-2b,
all relating to higher education advisory boards generally;
repealing obsolete language; conforming structure of state
advisory groups of faculty, classified employees and students;
authorizing advisory groups to meet at call of chairperson or
majority of members; authorizing advisory groups to
communicate directly with the commission and council;
requiring council to develop search and screening guidelines;
adding definitions; directing administratively linked
community and technical colleges to establish campus advisory
groups; adding representatives from campus advisory groups to
state advisory groups; clarifying that members of state
advisory councils are entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses; creating faculty senates at state institutions of
higher education; changing date term begins for student
representatives to the state advisory council of students;
deleting obsolete language regarding selection of students to
serve on institutional governing and advisory boards; and
providing exception for classified employees and faculty who
represent administratively linked community and technical
colleges to serve one-year term on state advisory boards until
next regularly scheduled election.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18B-6-1a of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be repealed; that §18B-2B-8 of said code be amended and reenacted;
that §18B-6-1, §18B-6-2a, §18B-6-3a, §18B-6-4a and §18B-6-4b of
said code be amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended
by adding thereto two new sections, designated §18B-6-2 and
§18B-6-2b, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2B. WEST VIRGINIA COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL
COLLEGE EDUCATION.
§18B-2B-8. State advisory committee of community and technical
college presidents and provosts.
(a)
Effective the first day of July, two thousand one, There
is hereby
created continued the state advisory committee of
community and technical college presidents and provosts. For the
purposes of this section, the state advisory committee of community and technical college presidents and provosts
shall be is referred
to as the "advisory committee".
(b) Each president or other administrative head of a community
and technical college as defined in
section four, article three-c
section two, article six of this chapter
shall be is a member of
the advisory committee. An administrative head of a component,
branch, center, regional center or other delivery site with a
community and technical college mission may be a member if
considered appropriate.
(c) The vice chancellor serves as
chair chairperson of the
advisory committee.
and shall convene the initial meeting during
the month of July, two thousand one. Thereafter, The advisory
committee shall meet at least once each quarter
and may meet at
such other times as called by the chairperson or by a majority of
the members.
(d) The advisory committee shall communicate to the council
,
through the vice chancellor, on matters of importance to the group
and shall meet annually between the months of October and December
with the council to discuss those matters relating to community and
technical college education in which advisory committee members or
the council may have an interest.
(e) The vice chancellor shall prepare meeting minutes which
shall be made available, upon request, to the public.
ARTICLE 6. ADVISORY COUNCILS AND BOARDS.
§18B-6-1. Institutional boards of advisors for regional campuses
and administratively linked community and technical colleges.
(a)
Effective the first day of July, two thousand, There is
established continued at each regional campus and administratively
linked community and technical college, excluding centers and
branches thereof, an institutional board of advisors
: Provided,
That the institutional board of advisors shall not be appointed for
administratively linked community and technical colleges until
provided for in their compact.
(1) For the transition year beginning on the first day of
July, two thousand, through the thirtieth day of June, two thousand
one, only, The lay members of the institutional board of advisors
established for each of the regional campuses of West Virginia
university are appointed by the president of the respective
institution. Effective the first day of July, two thousand one,
(1) The lay members of the institutional boards of advisors
for the regional campuses are appointed by the board of governors.
(2) The lay members of the institutional
board boards of
advisors established for the administratively linked community and
technical colleges are appointed by the West Virginia council for
community and technical college education.
(b) The board of advisors consists of fifteen members,
including a full-time member of the faculty with the rank of
instructor or above duly elected by the faculty
of the respective institution; a member of the student body in good academic
standing, enrolled for college credit work and duly elected by the
student body
of the respective institution; a member from the
institutional classified employees duly elected by the classified
employees
of the respective institution; and twelve lay persons
appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section who have
demonstrated a sincere interest in and concern for the welfare of
that institution and who are representative of the population of
its responsibility district and fields of study. At least eight of
the twelve lay persons appointed shall be residents of the state.
Of the lay members who are residents of the state, at least two
shall be alumni of the
respective institution and no more than a
simple majority may be of the same political party.
(c) The student member
shall serve serves for a term of one
year.
beginning upon appointment in July, two thousand, and ending
on the thirtieth day of April, two thousand one. Thereafter the
term shall begin on the first day of May. The member from the
faculty and the classified employees
, respectively, shall serve
serves for a term of two years
beginning upon appointment in July,
two thousand, and ending on the thirtieth day of April, two
thousand two. Thereafter the term shall begin on the first day of
May; and the twelve lay members
shall serve terms of four years
each.
beginning upon appointment in July, two thousand. Thereafter
the term shall begin on the first day of May. All members are eligible to succeed themselves for no more than one additional
term. A vacancy in an unexpired term of a member shall be filled
for the remainder of the unexpired term within thirty days of the
occurrence thereof in the same manner as the original appointment
or election. Except in the case of a vacancy:
(1) All elections shall be held and all appointments shall be
made no later than the thirtieth day of April preceding the
commencement of the term
; and
(2) Terms of members begin on the first day of May following
election.
(d) Each board of advisors shall hold a regular meeting at
least quarterly, commencing in May of each year. Additional
meetings may be held upon the call of the chairperson, president of
the institution or upon the written request of at least five
members. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for
conducting the business of the board of advisors.
(e) One of the twelve lay members shall be elected as
chairperson by the board of advisors in May of each year.
Provided, That the chairperson elected in two thousand shall be
elected in July. No member may serve as chairperson for more than
two consecutive years.
(f) The president of the institution shall make available
resources of the institution for conducting the business of the
board of advisors. The members of the board of advisors shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually
incurred in the performance of their official duties under this
section upon presentation of an itemized sworn statement thereof.
All expenses incurred by the boards of advisors and the
institutions under this section shall be paid from funds allocated
to the institutions for that purpose.
(g)
Prior to the submission by the president to its governing
board, the board of advisors shall review
prior to the submission
by the president to its governing board, all proposals of the
institution in the areas of mission, academic programs, budget,
capital facilities and such other matters as requested by the
president of the institution or its governing board or otherwise
assigned to it by law. The board of advisors shall comment on each
such proposal in writing, with such recommendations for concurrence
therein or revision or rejection thereof as it considers proper.
The written comments and recommendations shall accompany the
proposal to the governing board and the governing board shall
include the comments and recommendations in its consideration of
and action on the proposal. The governing board shall promptly
acknowledge receipt of the comments and recommendations and shall
notify the board of advisors in writing of any action taken
thereon.
(h)
Prior to their implementation by the president, the board
of advisors shall review
prior to their implementation by the president, all proposals regarding institutionwide personnel
policies. The board of advisors may comment on the proposals in
writing.
(i) The board of advisors shall provide advice and assistance
to the president in
areas including, but not limited to, the
following:
(1) Establishing closer connections between higher education
and business, labor, government
and community and economic
development organizations to give students greater opportunities to
experience the world of work.
Examples of such
experiences include
as business and community service internships, apprenticeships and
cooperative programs;
to
(2) communicate Communicating better and
serve serving the
current work force and work force development needs of their
service area, including the needs of nontraditional students for
college-level skills upgrading and retraining and the needs of
employers for specific programs of limited duration; and
to
(3) assess Assessing the performance of the institution's
graduates and
assist assisting in job placement.
(j)
Upon the occurrence of When a vacancy
occurs in the office
of president of the institution, the board of advisors shall serve
as a search and screening committee for candidates to fill the
vacancy under guidelines established by the
commission council
pursuant to the provisions of
section six, article one-b section six, article two-b of this chapter. When serving as a search and
screening committee, the board of advisors and its governing board
are each authorized to appoint up to three additional persons to
serve on the committee as long as the search and screening process
is in effect. The three additional appointees of the board of
advisors shall be faculty members of the institution.
Only For the
purposes of the search and screening process
only, the additional
members shall possess the same powers and rights as the regular
members of the board of advisors, including reimbursement for all
reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred. Following the
search and screening process, the committee shall submit the names
of at least three candidates to the president of the sponsoring
institution for consideration and appointment. If the president
rejects all candidates submitted, the committee shall submit the
names of at least three additional candidates and this process
shall be repeated until the president appoints one of the
candidates submitted. The governing board shall provide all
necessary staff assistance to the board of advisors in its role as
a search and screening committee.
(k) The boards of advisors shall develop a master plan for
each administratively linked community and technical college. The
ultimate responsibility for developing and updating the master
plans at the institutional level resides with the institutional
board of advisors, but the ultimate responsibility for approving the final version of the institutional master plans, including
periodic updates, resides with the commission. The plan shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) A detailed demonstration of how the master plan will be
used to meet the goals and objectives of the institutional compact;
(2) A well-developed set of goals outlining missions, degree
offerings, resource requirements, physical plant needs, personnel
needs, enrollment levels and other planning determinates and
projections necessary in such a plan to assure that the needs of
the institution's area of responsibility for a quality system of
higher education are addressed;
(3) Documentation of the involvement of the commission,
institutional constituency groups, clientele of the institution and
the general public in the development of all segments of the
institutional master plan.
The plan shall be established for periods of not less than
three nor more than six years and shall be revised periodically as
necessary, including recommendations on the addition or deletion of
degree programs as, in the discretion of the board of advisors, may
be necessary.
§18B-6-2. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following words have the
meanings specified unless the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
(a) "Advisory council of classified employees" or "classified
council" means the state advisory organization of classified
employees created pursuant to section four-a of this article.
(b) "Advisory council of faculty" or "faculty council" means
the state advisory organization of faculty created pursuant to
section two-a of this article.
(c) "Advisory council of students" or "student advisory
council" means the state advisory organization of students created
pursuant to section three-a of this article.
(d) "Classified employee", in the singular or plural, means
any regular full-time or regular part-time employee of a governing
board, the commission, the council or the West Virginia network for
educational telecomputing who holds a position that is assigned a
particular job title and pay grade in accordance with the personnel
classification system established by law.
(e) "Community and technical college" means eastern West
Virginia community and technical college, Fairmont community and
technical college, Marshall university community and technical
college, New River community and technical college, West Virginia
northern community college, Shepherd community and technical
college, southern West Virginia community and technical college,
West Virginia state community and technical college, West Virginia
institute of technology community and technical college, West
Virginia university at Parkersburg and any other community and technical college so designated by the Legislature.
(f) "Council" means the West Virginia council for community
and technical college education created pursuant to section three,
article two-b of this chapter.
(g) "Institutional classified employee council" or "staff
council" means the advisory group of classified employees formed at
a state institution of higher education pursuant to section four-b
of this article.
(h) "Institutional faculty senate" or "faculty senate" means
the advisory group of faculty formed at a state institution of
higher education pursuant to section two-b of this article.
(i) "State institution of higher education", in the singular
or plural, means the institutions as defined in section two,
article one of this chapter and, additionally, Fairmont community
and technical college, Marshall university community and technical
college, Marshall university graduate college, New River community
and technical college, Potomac state college of West Virginia
university, Robert C. Byrd health sciences Charleston division of
West Virginia university, Shepherd community and technical college,
West Virginia state community and technical college, West Virginia
university at Parkersburg, West Virginia university institute of
technology, West Virginia university institute of technology
community and technical college, the higher education policy
commission, the West Virginia council for community and technical college education, the West Virginia network for educational
telecomputing and any other institution so designated by the
Legislature.
§18B-6-2a. State advisory council of faculty.
(a)
Effective the first day of July, two thousand, There is
hereby
established continued the state advisory council of faculty.
For the purposes of this section, the state advisory council of
faculty shall be referred to as the "council."
(b)
Election of members and terms of office. -
(1) During the month of April of each odd-numbered year,
beginning in the year two thousand one, each president or other
administrative head of a state institution of higher education,
including, but not limited to, Potomac state college of West
Virginia university, West Virginia university at Parkersburg, West
Virginia university institute of technology, Robert C. Byrd health
sciences Charleston division of West Virginia university and the
Marshall university graduate college, at the direction of the
faculty council and in accordance with procedures established by
the
faculty council, shall convene a meeting or otherwise institute
a balloting process to elect one faculty
member from each
institution of higher education to serve on the
faculty council.
(2) Terms of the members
of the council shall be are for two
years and
shall begin on the first day of July of each odd-numbered
year
. and Members
of the council shall be are eligible to succeed themselves.
(3) For the year two thousand four only, each president or
other administrative head of an administratively linked community
and technical college shall consult with the faculty council during
the month of April to establish procedures and convene a meeting or
otherwise institute a balloting process to elect one faculty member
from that institution to serve on the faculty council. Members so
elected shall take office on the first day of July, two thousand
four, and serve until the next regularly scheduled election held
pursuant to this section; thereafter, faculty members elected to
represent administratively linked community and technical colleges
shall serve a regular two-year term.
(c) The
faculty council shall meet at least once each quarter
and may meet at such other times as called by the chairperson or by
a majority of its members. One of the quarterly meetings shall be
during the month of July, at which meeting the
faculty council
shall elect a chairperson
from among its members.
: Provided, That
The chairperson
shall may serve no more than two consecutive terms
as chair. No member may vote by proxy at the election. In the
event of a tie in the last vote taken for such election, a member
authorized by the
faculty council shall select the chairperson by
lot from the names of those persons tied. Immediately following the
election of a chairperson,
and in the manner prescribed by this
section for the election of a chairperson, the
faculty council shall elect
in the manner prescribed by this section for the
election of a chairperson, a member of the council a member to
preside over meetings
of the council in the
absence of the
chairperson's absence chairperson. Should the chairperson vacate
the position, the
faculty council shall meet and elect a new
chairperson to fill the unexpired term within thirty days following
the vacancy.
(d) The
faculty council, through its chairperson and in any
appropriate manner, shall communicate to the commission
, through
the chancellor, or the council, as appropriate, matters of higher
education in which the faculty members may have an interest.
(e) The commission shall meet annually between the months of
October and December with the
faculty council to discuss matters of
higher education in which the faculty members or the commission may
have an interest.
(f) Members of the
faculty council
shall serve without
compensation, but
shall be are entitled to reimbursement for actual
and necessary expenses
, including travel expenses, incurred in the
performance of their official duties from funds allocated to the
state institution of higher education
served which they serve.
(g) The
faculty council shall cause to be prepared minutes of
its meetings, which minutes shall be available, upon request, to
any faculty member of a state institution of higher education
represented on the
faculty council.
§
18B-6-2b. Institutional faculty senate.
(a) Effective the first day of April, two thousand four, a
faculty senate is established at each institution of higher
education. Members and officers of an organized, campus-level
advisory group of faculty who are serving prior to the effective
date of this section may continue to serve with all the rights,
privileges and responsibilities prescribed herein until the time
that members elected as set forth in subsection (b) of this section
assume office.
(b) Members of each faculty senate are elected as follows:
(1) During the month of April of each even-numbered year,
beginning in the year two thousand four, each president or other
administrative head of a state institution of higher education, at
the direction of the faculty and in accordance with procedures
established by the faculty, shall convene a meeting or otherwise
institute a balloting process to elect the members of the faculty
senate.
(2) Selection procedures shall provide for appropriate
representation of all academic units within the institution.
(3) The faculty member who is elected to serve on the faculty
council is an ex officio, voting member of the faculty senate and
reports to the faculty senate on meetings of the faculty council
and the board of governors.
(c) Members serve a term of two years, which term shall begin on the first day of July of each even-numbered year. Members of
the faculty senate are eligible to succeed themselves.
(d) Each faculty senate shall elect a chairperson from among
its members. The chairperson may serve no more than two
consecutive terms as chairperson.
(e) The faculty senate meets quarterly and may meet at such
other times as called by the chairperson or by a majority of the
members. With appropriate notification to the institutional
president, the chairperson may convene a faculty senate meeting for
the purpose of sharing information and discussing issues affecting
faculty and the effective and efficient management of the
institution.
(f) The president of the institution shall meet at least
quarterly with the faculty senate to discuss matters affecting
faculty and the effective and efficient management of the
institution.
(g) The governing board of the institution shall meet at least
annually with the faculty senate to discuss matters affecting
faculty and the effective and efficient management of the
institution.
§18B-6-3a. State advisory council of students.
(a)
Effective the first day of July, two thousand, There is
hereby
established continued the state advisory council of
students.
For the purposes of this section, the state advisory council of students shall be referred to as the "council".
(b) During the month of April of each year,
beginning in the
year two thousand one, each student government organization at each
state institution of higher education
, including, but not limited
to, Potomac state college of West Virginia university, West
Virginia university at Parkersburg, West Virginia university
institute of technology, Robert C. Byrd health sciences Charleston
division of West Virginia university and the Marshall university
graduate college, at the direction of the council and in accordance
with procedures established by the council, shall elect a student
who may be the elected head or president of the organization, to
serve on the
institutional board of governors or the institutional
board of advisors, as applicable student advisory council. Terms
of the members of the
student advisory council
shall be are for one
year and
shall begin on the first day of
July September of each
year.
A duly elected member currently serving on the advisory
council of students may continue to serve until a new member from
that institution is elected pursuant to the provisions of this
section. Members of the
student advisory council
shall be are
eligible to succeed themselves.
Each person so elected shall be a
member of the statewide advisory council of students.
(c) The
student advisory council shall meet at least once each
quarter. One of the quarterly meetings shall be during the month
of
July September, at which meeting the
student advisory council shall elect a chairperson. No member may vote by proxy at the
election. In the event of a tie in the last vote taken for such
election, a member authorized by the
student advisory council shall
select the chairperson by lot from the names of those persons tied.
Immediately following the election of a chairperson, the
student
advisory council shall elect, in the manner prescribed by this
section for the election of a chairperson, a member of the council
to preside over meetings
of the council in the
chairperson's
absence
of the chairperson. Should the chairperson vacate the
position, the
student advisory council shall meet and elect a new
chairperson to fill the unexpired term within thirty days following
the vacancy.
(d) The
student advisory council, through its chairperson and
in any appropriate manner, shall communicate to the commission
,
through the chancellor, or the council, as appropriate, matters of
higher education in which the student members may have an interest.
(e) The commission shall meet annually, between the months of
October and December, with the
student advisory council to discuss
matters of higher education in which the student members or the
commission may have an interest.
(f) Members of the
student advisory council shall serve
without compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for
actual and necessary expenses,
including travel expenses, incurred
in the performance of their official duties from funds allocated to the state institution of higher education
served in which they are
enrolled.
(g) The
student advisory council shall cause to be prepared
minutes of its meetings, which minutes shall be available, upon
request, to any student of a state institution of higher education
represented on the council.
§18B-6-4a. State advisory councils of classified employees.
(a)
Effective the first day of July, two thousand, There is
hereby
established continued the state advisory council of
classified employees.
For the purposes of this section, the state
advisory council of classified employees shall be referred to as
the "council".
(b)
Election of members and terms of office. -
(1) During the month of April of each odd-numbered year,
beginning in the year two thousand one, each president or other
administrative head of a state institution of higher education,
including, but not limited to, Potomac state college of West
Virginia university, West Virginia university at Parkersburg, West
Virginia university institute of technology, Robert C. Byrd health
sciences Charleston division of West Virginia university and the
Marshall university graduate college at the direction of the
classified council and in accordance with procedures established by
the
classified council, shall convene a meeting or otherwise
institute a balloting process to elect one classified employee
from each institution of higher education to serve on the
classified
council.
(c) (2) Terms of the members
of the council shall be are for
two years and shall begin on the first day of July of each
odd-numbered year
. and Members
of the council shall be eligible to
succeed themselves.
For the purposes of this section the term
"institution of higher education" includes the facilities and staff
supervised by the vice chancellor for administration and employed
by the commission and the West Virginia network for educational
telecomputing.
(3) For the year two thousand four only, each president or
other administrative head of an administratively linked community
and technical college shall consult with the classified council
during the month of April to establish procedures and convene a
meeting or otherwise institute a balloting process to elect one
classified employee from that institution to serve on the
classified council. Members so elected shall take office on the
first day of July, two thousand four, and serve until the next
regularly scheduled election held pursuant to this section;
thereafter, classified employees elected to represent
administratively linked community and technical colleges shall
serve a regular two-year term.
(c) (d) The
council of classified employees classified council
shall meet at least once each quarter
and may meet at such other times as called by the chairperson or by a majority of its members.
One of the quarterly meetings shall be during the month of July, at
which meeting the
classified council shall elect a chairperson
from
among its members.
: Provided, That The
chair shall chairperson may
serve no more than two consecutive terms as chairperson. No member
may vote by proxy at the election. In the event of a tie in the
last vote taken for such election, a member authorized by the
classified council shall select the chairperson by lot from the
names of those persons tied. Immediately following the election of
a chairperson, the
classified council shall elect, in the manner
prescribed by this section for the election of a chairperson, a
member of the
classified council to preside over meetings
of the
council in the
chairperson's absence
of the chairperson. Should the
chairperson vacate the position, the
classified council shall meet
and elect a new chairperson to fill the unexpired term within
thirty days following the vacancy.
(d) (e) The
classified council, through its chairperson and in
any appropriate manner, shall communicate to the commission
,
through the chancellor, or the council, as appropriate, matters of
higher education in which the classified employees may have an
interest.
(e) (f) The commission shall meet annually, between the months
of October and December, with the
classified council to discuss
matters of higher education in which the classified employees or the commission may have an interest.
(f) (g) Members of the
classified council
shall serve without
compensation, but
shall be are entitled to reimbursement for actual
and necessary expenses
, including travel expenses, incurred in the
performance of their official duties from funds allocated to the
state institution of higher education
served which they serve.
(g) (h) The
classified council shall cause to be prepared
minutes of its meetings, which minutes shall be available, upon
request, to any classified employee of a state institution of
higher education represented on the
classified council.
§18B-6-4b. Institutional classified employee council.
(a) For the purposes of this section the following words have
the specified meanings unless the context clearly indicates a
different meaning:
(1) "Council" or "staff council" means the advisory group of
classified employees formed on each campus of state institutions of
higher education pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this
section; and
(2) "State institutions of higher education" means all
institutions as defined in section two, article one of this chapter
and, additionally, Potomac state college of West Virginia
university, West Virginia university at Parkersburg, West Virginia
university institute of technology, Robert C. Byrd health sciences
Charleston division of West Virginia university, the Marshall university graduate college, New River community and technical
college, the higher education policy commission and the West
Virginia network for educational telecomputing.
(b) Effective the first day of April, two thousand three,
There is
established continued at each
state institution of
higher education an institutional classified employees advisory
council to be known as the staff council.
Current members of staff
councils and their officers who have been duly elected shall
continue to serve with all the rights, privileges and
responsibilities prescribed by this section until the time that
members elected as set forth in subsection (c) of this section
assume office.
(a) During the month of April of each odd-numbered year,
beginning in the year two thousand three, each president or other
administrative head of a state institution of higher education, at
the direction of the
staff council and in accordance with
procedures established by the
staff council, shall convene a
meeting or otherwise institute a balloting process to elect members
of the staff council as follows:
(1) Two classified employees from the
administrative/managerial sector;
(2) Two classified employees from the professional/nonteaching
sector;
(3) Two classified employees from the paraprofessional sector;
(4) Two classified employees from the secretarial/clerical
sector;
(5) Two classified employees from the physical
plant/maintenance sector;
(6) The
member classified employee who is elected to serve on
the advisory council of classified employees
pursuant to section
four-a of this article. This person shall serves as an ex officio,
voting member of the staff council and
shall report reports to the
staff council on meetings of the
advisory classified council and
the board of governors; and
(7) Classified employees at Marshall university and West
Virginia university may elect five classified employees from each
of the five sectors to serve on the staff council.
(b) Members shall serve a term of two years, which term shall
begin on the first day of July of each odd-numbered year. Members
of the
staff council are eligible to succeed themselves.
(c) Classified employees shall select one of their members to
serve as
chair chairperson. All classified employees at the
institution are eligible to vote for the
chair chairperson by any
method approved by a majority of their members. The
chair
chairperson is eligible to succeed himself or herself.
(d) The staff council shall meet at least monthly or at the
call of the
chair chairperson. With appropriate notification to
the institutional president, the
chair chairperson may convene staff council meetings for the purpose of sharing information and
discussing issues affecting the classified employees or the
efficient and effective operations of the institution.
(e) The president of the institution shall meet at least
quarterly with the staff council to discuss matters affecting
classified employees.
(f) The governing board
of the institution shall meet at least
annually with the staff council to discuss matters affecting
classified employees and the effective and efficient management of
the institution.
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