§ 54425 Parent Majority In Advisory Committees

(a) Whenever a districtwide school advisory committee on compensatory education programs has been established pursuant to a compensatory education plan, the procedures adopted for the selection of the district advisory committee shall specify that parents shall constitute a majority of the membership of the district advisory committee and shall require that the parent representatives be elected by the parents of pupils participating in a program of compensatory education residing in the district. (b) Whenever a school advisory committee on compensatory education programs has been established pursuant to a compensatory education plan, the procedures adopted for the selection of the school advisory committee shall specify that parents shall constitute a majority of the membership of the school advisory committee and shall require that parent representatives be elected by the parents of pupils participating in a program of compensatory education at that school. For purposes of this subdivision, a school advisory committee on compensatory education programs may designate a school site council established pursuant to Section 52012 or 52851 to function as the school advisory council on compensatory education for all purposes required by applicable statutory provisions and regulations for a period of up to two years. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 206, Sec. 11. Effective May 18, 1982.)