State policymakers and the public at large have a vested interest in the successful governance of their higher education institutions. The citizens who are appointed or elected to serve as board members of a state's colleges and universities oversee valuable public assets that they hold in trust for the state and for current and future generations. These citizens assume major fiduciary responsibilities for higher education governance and policymaking, and are ultimately accountable for institutional performance. These members, who serve on campus governing boards, multicampus system boards, and statewide coordinating boards, also exercise strategic, agenda-setting responsibilities that shape how institutions operate, what they do, and ultimately, how they serve states, communities, students, and people. A state-level board education conference, especially in those states with multiple governing boards--either separate governing boards for each two- and four-year college and university, or some combination of separate institutional boards and one or more multicampus system boards--can be an important strategy to build board capacity for higher education's quality and effectiveness and increase board member understanding of broader responsibilities beyond the institution or system board upon which they serve. The Association of Governing Boards recommends that every state require public board members to undergo orientation and annual continuing education. In the majority of states, this can be achieved most effectively and efficiently by charging the state's higher education agency with the responsibility for designing and delivering an annual statewide board education conference and requiring board member attendance. This state policy brief discusses the goals and purposes of state board member education programs, as well as program and planning considerations. It also provides examples of state statutes requiring board education. [For the 2013 report, see ED549818.]