(a) The EC COAC shall consist of nine members. The Mayor shall appoint five members to hold Seats 1 through 5, and the Board of Supervisors shall appoint four members to hold Seats 6 through 9. Each appointment by the Mayor shall be effective immediately, but may be rejected by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors within 30 days following transmittal of the Mayor’s Notice of Appointment to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
(b) Members of the EC COAC shall have the following qualifications:
(1) Seat 1: must be a parent or guardian of a child who is enrolled in a facility that provides early care and education services, which includes child care, early care, preschool, infant and toddlers care;
(2) Seat 2: must be a representative of the San Francisco Unified School District’s Early Education Division, or any successor to that division, recommended by the Superintendent of Schools to the Mayor. If the Superintendent of Schools fails to make a recommendation within 90 days of a vacancy, the Mayor may appoint a person to hold this seat;
(3) Seat 3: must be an early care and education provider that serves infants and toddlers ages zero to three;
(4) Seat 4: must be a family support provider, a provider or educator who works with children with special needs, a community member with expertise in early education, a member of the mental health community specializing in early care, a member of a philanthropic organization, which has an emphasis on early care and education issues, or a member of the business community with an interest in early care and education issues;
(5) Seat 5: must be a representative of an institution of higher education that specializes in early care and education;
(6) Seat 6: must be a family child care provider;
(7) Seat 7: must be a provider of early care and education at a community-based childcare center in San Francisco, but this member cannot be a San Francisco Unified School District provider;
(8) Seat 8: must be a family support provider, a provider or educator who works with children with special needs, a community member with expertise in early education, a member of the mental health community specializing in early care, a member of a philanthropic organization, which has an emphasis on early care and education issues, or a member of the business community with an interest in early care and education issues; and
(9) Seat 9: must be a representative of the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council (“CCPAC”) established by Article XX of Chapter 5 of the Administrative Code, recommended to the Board of Supervisors by the CCPAC.
(c) Each appointing authority may remove any of its appointees at any time with or without cause.
(d) If a vacancy occurs in any seat on the committee, the appointing authority for the vacated seat shall appoint a successor. For Seat 2, the EC COAC shall notify the San Francisco Unified School District of any such vacancies and, if the San Francisco Unified School District has not made a recommendation within 90 days of the notice, the Mayor shall appoint a successor.
(e) To the extent required by law, members of the EC COAC shall be subject to state and local conflict of interest laws, including the California Political Reform Act (Cal. Gov. Code §§ 87100 et seq.) and California Government Code section 1090.
(f) Subcommittees. The EC COAC may establish subcommittees to be convened as directed by the EC COAC. The EC COAC’s Chair or the Chair’s designee shall appoint members to the subcommittees. Subcommittees shall report findings and make recommendations to the full EC COAC for its consideration.
(g) Advisory bodies. The EC COAC may appoint advisory bodies to advise it in the exercise of its duties, including but not limited to advisory bodies to make joint recommendations to the Mayor for appointment as Director of the Department and representing the perspectives of parents and guardians. Advisory bodies created by the EC COAC may include, in whole or part, individuals who are not members of the EC COAC, as well as members of the First Five Commission or CCPAC.