More student trustees?

The movement to add a second student trustee to the California State University board of trustees cleared a major hurdle when the Assembly Higher Education Committee sent AB 213 to the floor after a favorable 9-1 vote.

The bill would add a second student member to the 24-member governing board of the CSU system. The terms of the two student representatives would be staggered.

Gloria Romero (D-Monterey Park) sponsored the bill for the California State Student Association.

According to members of the CSSA, a second student representative on the Board of Trustees would allow greater student input and participation on numerous ad-hoc committees and subcommittees.

The vote by committee members took place last Tuesday. The bill will now be sent to the floor of the assembly to face action by the entire body. If passed there, it must then clear a state Senate committee and a final vote on the Senate floor before heading to the desk of Gov. Gray Davis for his signature.

A date for the floor vote by the Assembly has not been set.