Existing law establishes the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who serves as the director of the State Department of Education and has numerous other duties. Existing law requires the Superintendent to develop specified information, and to submit that information to the State Board of Education for its approval, for distribution to school districts and, to the extent feasible, for posting on the department’s internet website, to strengthen and promote the opportunity for quality involvement by parents and guardians in schoolsite councils, as specified.

This bill would require the department, on or before January 31, 2025, to publicly post on its internet website the membership of all advisory councils, committees, workgroups, and other similar bodies established by the Superintendent, including, but not limited to, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Parent Advisory Council, as specified, and to update the membership list on its internet website within 30 days of a membership change.

Existing law, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body.

This bill would require meetings of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Parent Advisory Council to be conducted pursuant to that act.