2007 California Education Code Article 3. Council Of Mayors

CA Codes (edc:35920-35924)

35920.  (a) The council of mayors is hereby established and shall be
comprised of the directly elected mayor, or a city council member
selected by the city council if there is no directly elected mayor,
of each city any part of which is located within the attendance
boundaries of the LAUSD and each member of the Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors whose supervisorial district includes any
unincorporated portion of the county that is located within the
attendance boundaries of the LAUSD.
   (1) The mayor, or his or her designee, of each eligible city shall
participate as a member of the council of mayors, unless the city
elects not to participate by adopting a resolution to that effect.
   (2) A member of the county board of supervisors who is eligible to
participate as a member of the council of mayors may elect not to
participate by providing written notification of that election to the
council.
   (b) In exercising any of the duties described in this chapter, the
council of mayors shall act by 90 percent of the weighted vote of
the total membership of the council. The weighted vote of each member
of the council of mayors is equal to the proportion of the
population of the LAUSD that are residents of the city of the
individual member, or unincorporated area of the county for any
member of the county board of supervisors, to the total population of
residents of the LAUSD, excluding those residents of a city council
or supervisorial district whose representative has elected not to
participate in the council of mayors under paragraph (1) or (2) of
subdivision (a).


35921.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the council
of mayors may select a representative to participate in all aspects
of the selection and evaluation by the board of the district
superintendent, including, but not limited to, the search for
potential candidates and the setting of compensation. This right
includes access, by the representative of the council of mayors, to
closed session meetings of the board in which any of these matters
regarding the selection and evaluation of the district superintendent
are to be discussed. The representative does not have the right to
vote with the board on any matter.
   (b) The appointment, contract term, contract renewal, refusal to
renew a contract, or removal of the district superintendent shall be
ratified by the council of mayors. If the council of mayors fails to
act within 30 days of the submission of one of these actions by the
board, the action shall be deemed ratified. If the council of mayors
refuses to ratify the appointment, contract term, contract renewal,
or removal of the district superintendent, the council of mayors
shall communicate through its representative in closed session the
reasons for their refusal to the board.
   (c) The council of mayors and its representative shall comply with
all legal requirements applicable to the board and its members
concerning the matters set forth in this subdivision, including, but
not limited to, the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the
Government Code), the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with
Section 54950) of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), and
the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section
81000) of the Government Code).



35922.  The district superintendent shall provide each School
Accountability Report Card required by Section 35256 for each school
of the LAUSD to the council of mayors on an annual basis for review
and comment. Each School Accountability Report Card shall be provided
to the council of mayors at least two weeks before the report card
is released to the public.



35923.  The council of mayors and the district superintendent shall
negotiate and finalize memoranda of understanding by March 1, 2007,
to establish each of the following:
   (a) An efficient and effective process to ensure that the LAUSD
and each city or the county have every opportunity to consult and
agree upon joint-use projects between the district and each city or
the county to permit youth, children, and families to access and use
school resources at times other than during the regular schoolday.
The memorandum of understanding should establish a process that
secures good faith participation by both sides in an effort to
establish joint-use municipal and school district projects and
programs.
   (b) An efficient and effective process to ensure that each city or
county supervisorial district in which a new school is proposed to
be constructed by the LAUSD has the opportunity to provide feedback
to the district superintendent and to propose alternative sites or
modified construction options, and to follow whatever consultative
process the city or supervisorial district may devise in arriving at
that feedback, without unreasonably delaying the completion and
opening of a newly constructed school.
   (c) An efficient and effective process for the council of mayors
and the LAUSD to jointly conduct and complete, by January 1, 2008,
the first periodic comprehensive identification, mapping, and
assessment of available services, including public safety services,
for children and youth in each school community, and to jointly
consult about creating and maintaining new community services for
children and youth to fill gaps identified in the assessment, in
order to support the education and increased achievement of pupils in
each school community. The LAUSD and council of mayors shall
cooperate to identify private resources to fund the assessment to the
greatest extent possible.
   (d) The Chief of the Los Angeles School Police Department and the
chief or sheriff of a law enforcement agency serving each city and
unincorporated county area within the LAUSD shall develop and
coordinate efficient and effective protocols for mutual cooperation,
timely sharing of information, ongoing communication, and memorandums
of agreement related to the responsibility of each agency.



35924.  The council of mayors, in the course of conducting its
duties, may create a committee of parents of pupils in the LAUSD, to
provide input on the selection of a superintendent and other
education related matters considered by the council of mayors and on
the effective delivery of services to children and youth by the
district and municipalities, including, but not limited to, review of
the budget, review of school accountability report cards, and
consideration of joint use and school siting. The LAUSD shall assist
the council of mayors in conducting outreach to parents in the
creation of that committee.