BILL ANALYSIS
AB 540
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 540 (Firebaugh)
As Amended May 1, 2001
Majority vote
HIGHER EDUCATION 6-1
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|Ayes:|Alquist, Havice, Liu, | | |
| |Lowenthal, Matthews, | | |
| |Negrete McLeod | | |
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|Nays:|Bogh | | |
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SUMMARY : Express various findings and declarations of the
Legislature, and makes statements of legislative intent, with
respect to the impact of student aid residency requirements and
nonresident tuition payment requirements on undocumented
students.
EXISTING LAW establishes residency requirements for students
attending a California State University (CSU) or California
Community College (CCC) campus and requires CSU and CCC to
charge nonresident tuition to any student who is not a
California resident, as defined.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
COMMENTS : University of California (UC) resident mandatory fees
total $3,964 while nonresidents pay in excess of $10,000. CSU
resident students pay $1,839 in mandatory fees, while
nonresident students pay $7,380. Within CCC, resident students
pay $11 per unit while non-residents pay $130 per unit.
Prior to the May 1, 2001 amendments, this bill would have
allowed specified nonresidents to meet state residency
requirements for the purposes of establishing tuition levels at
CSU and CCC. It would have permitted a nonresident to pay
resident tuition at CSU or CCC provided that they: 1) attended
high school in California for three or more years; 2) graduated
from a California high school; and, 3) continued their education
at a California institution of higher education within one year
of high school graduation or on or before January 1, 2002.
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Additionally, it would have allowed persons meeting the above
criteria to be deemed to meet residency requirements with
respect to eligibility for California student aid programs.
However, in this amended form, the author has removed several
elements of this bill and placed the content of the legislation
within the findings and declarations. As such, this bill is now
limited to intent language.
Technical amendments: This bill currently includes repeated
references in Section 2 to portions of this bill that were
eliminated by the author's recent amendments. The entire
section does not stand alone and should be removed from this
bill.
Previous legislation: AB 1197 (Firebaugh) of 1999 was vetoed by
the Governor.
Analysis Prepared by : Paul Mitchell / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960 FN:
0000587