BILL NUMBER: AB 669	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Portantino)
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Liu)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to add Section 68085 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 669, as introduced, Fong. Postsecondary education: residency
requirements.
   Existing law establishes the segments of public postsecondary
education in the state, including the University of California, the
California State University, and the California Community Colleges.
Existing law establishes uniform residency requirements for purposes
of ascertaining the amount of fees to be paid by students. Existing
law establishes various exceptions to these uniform residency
requirements, including, but not limited to, exceptions for a student
who has been entirely self-supporting and actually present in
California for more than one year immediately preceding the residence
determination date, as specified, and for a student who is a
full-time employee of an institution or of any state agency, as
specified.
   This bill would create an exception to the uniform residency
requirements for a student 19 years of age or under at the time of
enrollment, who is a dependent or ward of the state through
California's child welfare system, or was served by California's
child welfare system and is no longer being served either due to
emancipation or aging out of the system.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 68085 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   68085.  A student who is 19 years of age or under at the time of
enrollment, who is currently a dependent or ward of the state through
California's child welfare system, or was served by California's
child welfare system and is no longer being served either due to
emancipation or aging out of the system, shall be entitled to
resident classification until he or she has attained the age of
majority and has resided in the state the minimum time necessary to
become a resident.