RSA 188-F:4 · Board of Trustees; Community College System of New Hampshire

188-F:4 Board of Trustees; Community College System of New Hampshire. – The governance of the community college system of New Hampshire shall be vested in a single board of trustees composed as follows:

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I.

The governor, the chancellor and the vice-chancellor of the community college system, the president of each college within the community college system, and the commissioners of the departments of business and economic affairs, employment security, and education, all of whom shall be nonvoting members.

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II.

The following voting members who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council:

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(a)

Four members from the fields of business and industry.

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(b)

One member who shall be a high school vocational/technical education director.

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(c)

One member who shall be an alumnus of one of the colleges within the community college system.

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(d)

One member from the field of education.

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(e)

One member from the health care profession.

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(f)

Two members from the building or mechanical trades who represent labor.

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(g)

One member from the community service sector.

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(h)

One member from the law enforcement community.

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(i)

Eight members from the general public.

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(j)

Two members who shall be New Hampshire residents and who are students enrolled in a credit program at one of the colleges within the community college system. The student trustees shall be voted from the colleges within the community college system of New Hampshire locations proceeding in alphabetical order and shall be elected by the student body of the campus responsible for providing the student trustee. The student trustees shall serve a one-year term commencing June 1 of the year for which the student was elected and ending May 31 of the next year. In the event that a student trustee ceases for any reason to attend the school from which the student was elected, the chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire shall declare a vacancy in that student trustee position, and the next school in order shall elect the student trustee who shall serve for the remainder of the predecessor's term and an additional one-year term immediately.

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(k)

One member from the technology sector. (l)(1) One member who shall be an employee of the community college system of New Hampshire. Such trustee position shall rotate among the institutions within the community college system of New Hampshire, proceeding in alphabetical order beginning with the college that is first alphabetically. The institutions within the community college system of New Hampshire, through an election at an all-college/institutional forum, shall nominate a slate of 3 employees, that shall not include members of the community college system leadership team (SLT), whose names shall be forwarded to the governor who shall choose one for the nomination. The employee-trustee shall serve a 2-year term. In the event the employee-trustee is unable for any reason to serve the entire term, the chairman of the board of trustees shall declare a vacancy in that employee-trustee position. Upon expiration or vacancy of such term, the next institution in order shall nominate a slate of 3 employees, not to include a member of the SLT, whose names shall be forwarded to the governor for consideration.

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(2)

For purposes of this paragraph, "community college system leadership team (SLT)" means and is comprised of the chancellor, vice chancellor, president of each community college, and the chancellor's senior staff associated with statewide policy and operational coordination as identified in the handbook for administrative, managerial, professional and operating support staff exempt from the collective bargaining process, as approved by the community college system of New Hampshire board of trustees.

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III.

(a) The terms of office for appointed and elected members, except for the student and employee members, shall be 4 years unless otherwise specified in this section, and shall end on June 30, except for the student and employee members.

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(b)

In cases where the terms of office of the members of the board of trustees do not expire in successive years, the governor, with the advice and consent of the council may, in making any appointment or filling any vacancy to such office, appoint any person for a period less than the full term or up to one year greater than the full term in order to adjust the terms of each member so that terms of office of no more than 5 members per year will expire.

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IV.

At least one voting member shall be from each executive council district.

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V.

Each member, except the student member, shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only, except as provided in RSA 188-F:4, II(j) and subparagraph III(b). The appointment of successors for the filling of vacancies for unexpired terms shall be by appointment or election in the same manner as the original appointment.

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VI.

All board members shall be New Hampshire residents.

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VII.

Except for the governor and locally elected municipal officials, no person who holds elected public office shall serve on the board.

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VIII.

Board members shall not be eligible to participate in a vote when the board member has recused himself or herself from participation because he or she has a pecuniary or personal interest or other conflict of interest. Source. 2007, 361:2. 2008, 133:1, 3. 2016, 299:1-3. 2017, 156:14, II, eff. July 1, 2017. 2019, 346:387, eff. July 1, 2019.

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