Full text of Measure X
RESOLUTION NO. NS-29,573
EXHIBIT “A”
OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ
Article XVI shall be repealed in its entirety.
Article XVI. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
1601 SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS.
The school department shall comprise all of the territory and public schools of the Santa Cruz High School District and the territory and public schools of the Santa Cruz School District as such districts now or may hereafter exist. For the purpose of fixing the governing board thereof and the number of members of such board, their qualifications, manner of election and other matters relative thereto, said school department shall be divided into what shall be known as the Santa Cruz City High School District, hereinafter designated as High School District, and the Santa Cruz City Elementary School District, hereinafter designated as Elementary School District.
1602 TERRITORY OF DISTRICTS.
All of the territory that is now, or that may hereafter be embraced within said High School District or Elementary School District shall be deemed a part of said districts for the purpose of holding elections, and shall comprise such number of election precincts as shall from time to time be designated and defined by the proper authority. All qualified electors within said school districts shall be qualified to vote for members of the Board of Education and on all questions pertaining to school matters submitted to the vote of the people of such districts. All of the territory within said school districts, not within the City of Santa Cruz, shall be deemed to be a part of said City for all matters and things relating to public education authorized for such City school districts by law.
1603 BOARD OF EDUCATION. MEMBERSHIP. QUALIFICATIONS.
The Santa Cruz City High School District and the Santa Cruz Elementary School District, as such districts now or may hereafter exist, shall be governed by a Board of Education, which shall be known as the Santa Cruz City Board of Education.
Only persons who are qualified electors residing within the territory governed by said Board of Education and who are otherwise eligible under State law and this Charter to be nominated or elected shall be eligible to be nominated for, or elected to said Board of Education.
Said governing Board shall consist of seven members to be elected as follows:
(a) Three members of said Board of Education shall, at the time of their nomination and election, and during the time they hold office, be qualified electors and residents of the City of Santa Cruz;
(b) Three members of said Board of Education shall, at the time of their nomination and election, and during the time they hold office, be qualified electors and residents of that portion of the territory governed by said Board of Education lying outside the boundaries of the City of Santa Cruz;
(c) One member of said Board of Education may reside anyplace within the territory governed by said Board of Education. No candidate for this office may at the same time be a candidate for any other office on said Board of Education. The declaration of candidacy or nomination papers shall specify that the candidate seeks election to this office. (Amended 11-3-81)
1604 BOARD OF EDUCATION. ELECTION. TERM.
Members of the Santa Cruz City Board of Education shall, in all respects not herein otherwise provided for, be elected at the time, for the terms and in the manner now or as may hereafter be provided by the Education Code of the State of California for the election or appointment of governing Board members.
1605 BOARD OF EDUCATION. ELECTION. VOTER QUALIFICATION.
All registered voters residing within the territory governed by the Santa Cruz City Board of Education are eligible to vote at all elections held for the election of members of said Board of Education, and each member of said Board of Education shall be elected by the registered voters of the entire territory governed by said Board of Education.
1607 MEETINGS.
The Santa Cruz City Board of Education shall hold regular meetings at least once each month at such time and place as such Board may determine; provided, that such meeting shall be held at the office of the City Superintendent of Schools unless published notice is given to the contrary. At the first regular meeting in December of each year, the Santa Cruz City Board of Education shall meet to organize and choose one member for President and another for Vice-President, each of whom shall serve for one year. (Amended 11-4-80)
1608 BOARD. POWERS AND DUTIES.
The Santa Cruz City Board of Education is hereby vested with all the powers and charged with all the duties provided by this Charter and those now or hereafter provided for by the laws of the State of California applicable to such Board of Education.
1609 CITY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND SECRETARY OF BOARD.
As authorized in the Education Code of the State of California, the Santa Cruz City Board of Education shall appoint a properly qualified person to serve as City Superintendent of Schools and Secretary of the Santa Cruz City Board of Education, and shall delegate to him or her such duties and responsibilities as are provided for in the Education Code of the State of California, and in the rules and regulations of said Santa Cruz City Board of Education.
1610 GENERAL PROVISIONS.
All other matters pertaining to the school department, not specifically provided for in this Charter, shall be governed by the Education Code and general laws of this State.
1611 REPEALED. (11-4-80)