About the Board of Education

Examples of Board Responsibilities (taken from ACCBE's Trustee Handbook)

Appeals

• Serve as the appellate body for student expulsions. (Education Code § 48919.)

• Serve as the appellate body for interdistrict transfers. (Education Code § 46601.)

• Serve as the appellate body for local district charter school petition denials and authorization revocations. (Education Code §§ 47605 (k), 47607 (i).)
  
  

Financial Oversight

• Approve the annual budget of the county office of education. (Education Code § 1040 (c), (d).)

• Approve the LCFF budget overview for parents. (Education Code § 52064.1.)

• Approve any short-term borrowing by the county office. (Government Code §§ 53881-53882.)

• Review interim budget reports. (Education Code § 1240 (l) (1) (A).)

• Review the annual audit report of the county superintendent. (Education Code § 1040 (e).)

• Approve the annual county school service fund budget of the county superintendent before its submission to the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI). (Education Code §§ 1620-1622.)

• Approve any budget revision in excess of $25,000 proposed by the county superintendent if the revision would change the overall size of the approved budget. (Education Code § 1280.)

• Approve any consultant contract of $25,000 or more if the contract requires a budget revision that would change the overall size of the approved budget. (Education Code § 1281 (b).)

• Set the salary of the county superintendent. (Calif. Const. Article IX, Sec. 3.1 (b).)

Programmatic Oversight

• Hold public hearings and approve the Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP) of the county office of education. (Education Code § 52068.)

• Establish charter schools to serve students whom the county office would otherwise be responsible to serve.** (Education Code § 47605.5.)

• Establish countywide charter schools.** (Education Code § 47605.6.)

• Ensure the oversight duties are performed for countywide and dependent charter schools operated by the county office. (Education Code § 47604.32.)

• Annually hold a public hearing on whether students in county office programs have sufficient textbooks and/or instructional materials aligned with state content standards. (Education Code § 60119.)

• Govern and adopt courses of study for juvenile court schools and county community schools, and evaluate program effectiveness. (Education Code §§ 1983, 48645.3.)

• Provide for the education of certain specified student populations as the governing board of a county’s juvenile court school, community school, or charter school(s). (Education Code §§ 1981, 48645.1, 47605.5, 47605.6.)

• Annually certify that county office independent study courses are aligned with content standards, and are as rigorous and of the same quality as equivalent classroom-based courses. (Education Code § 51749.5.)
  
  

Real Property

• Acquire, lease, lease-purchase, hold, and convey real property.** (Education Code § 1042 (c).)

• Override city and county general plans and zoning codes restricting the location of community schools.** (101 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 56 (2021); Government Code § 53094.)

**Discretionary duties listed in this section are marked by a double asterisk

About Trustee Patricia Love

Began San Mateo County Board of Education Service: December 2024

Current Term Ends: December 2028

Subcommittee Assignments: Board Policy Subcommittee (Chair); Board/Superintendent Advocacy Subcommittee (Chair); Interdistrict Attendance Appeal Subcommittee;  School Funding in San Mateo County Subcommittee; Coalition for Safe Schools and Communities Representative; County Committee on School District Organization Liaison

Experience: Served as San Mateo County Office of Education's Executive Director, Strategy and Communications, for more than seven years; taught public policy and led community development programs at the university level; co-led K-12 innovative learning conferences; taught English as a second language, adult literacy, and second grade literature club classes; served on the San Carlos Economic Advisory Commission and Housing Committee; and currently serves on the San Carlos Community Foundation Board.

Priorities: Providing the best possible outcomes for students in the County Office of Education's Court and Community School Programs, advocating for San Mateo County children and youth, educators, and public education, and keeping deliberations and decisions focused on students and how best to serve them