BILL NUMBER: SB 272	CHAPTERED  10/09/07

	CHAPTER  356
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 9, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 9, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 9, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 8, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Runner

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2007

   An act to add Section 66025.8 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 272, Runner. Public postsecondary education: Armed Forces
service.
   (1) Existing law requires each segment of public higher education
to establish, and update as necessary, a written policy concerning
students who are called to active military service, as specified.
Existing law grants to qualifying members of the National Guard, the
State Military Reserve, and the Naval Militia an entitlement to
academic leave when active duty, as defined, interrupts college
attendance for the purpose of pursuing an undergraduate degree.
   This bill would require the California State University and each
community college district, and request the University of California,
with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that
administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority for
registration for enrollment to any member or former member of the
Armed Forces of the United States for any academic term attended at
one of these institutions within 2 years of leaving active duty,
including, but not necessarily limited to, any student of those
institutions who is called to active military duty compelling the
student to take an academic leave of absence.
   Insofar as the bill would impose costs on the California Community
Colleges in evaluating an individual's eligibility for priority in
enrollment, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 66025.8 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   66025.8.  The California State University and each community
college district shall, and the University of California is requested
to, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions
that administers a priority enrollment system, grant priority in that
system for registration for enrollment to any member or former
member of the Armed Forces of the United States for any academic term
attended at one of these institutions within two years of leaving
active duty. As used in this section, "member or former member of the
Armed Forces of the United States" includes, but is not necessarily
limited to, any student who is called to active military duty
compelling that student to take an academic leave of absence.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.