Commission Election Process

The ACCJC spring 2024 election nomination/application period closed on March 29, 2024.

The ACCJC Nominating Committee will meet in early April to nominate a slate of candidates from among the applicants. After a slate is identified and announced to the field, member college CEOs will have the opportunity to nominate additional at-large candidates for the ballot, per ACCJC Bylaws. Ballots will be emailed to each institutional CEO in May and election results will be announced at the Open Session of the June 2024 Commission meeting and posted to the ACCJC website. Elected Commissioners will begin their three-year term on July 1, 2024.

• The Commission is comprised of 19 members who are elected by the member institutions to serve three-year terms. Sitting Commissioners may stand for reelection for a second three-year term.
• At its January meeting, the Commission announces the vacancies created by departing Commissioners, the names of Commissioners seeking a second term, and the categories of Commissioner positions that will be open and to which individuals may be elected.
• The Commission sends a notice to the field announcing the Commissioner positions becoming open, accompanied by an invitation for applications and nominations for these positions. The announcement is also posted on the Commission’s website.
• A Nominating Committee, selected by the Commission’s Executive Committee and comprised of four Commissioners and four non-Commissioners representing member institutions, will review applications for Commissioner positions and create a slate of candidates for the open positions.
• The chief executive officers of member institutions are asked to review the slate. The ACCJC Bylaws also provide a process by which at-large candidates may be placed on the final ballot prior to voting. In May, the slate of candidates for both open positions and reelection of sitting members is sent to the chief executive officer of member institutions who will cast their vote. The election results are announced in June.
• New Commissioner terms begin on July 1 of each year.