EDC § 69769.7

(a) The Loan Advisory Council shall annually elect a chair and a vice chair from its membership. Representatives who serve on, or are employed or retained by, the commission, and the nonvoting representative appointed by the United States Department of Education, if any, are ineligible for election to these positions.

(b) The chair of the Loan Advisory Council shall have the authority, in consultation with the chair of the commission, to convene meetings of the council. The chair shall also direct each council meeting and shall regularly present oral and written reports to the commission regarding the advice of the council. The vice chair of the Loan Advisory Council shall assume these responsibilities in the absence of the chair.