BILL NUMBER: AB 669	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

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, 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 who is
assigned to work outside of the state.
   This bill would allow an exception to the uniform residency
requirements for a student 19 years of age or under at the time of
enrollment, who resides in California and 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.


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 currently resides in California and 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, may be entitled to resident classification until he or she
has resided in the state the minimum time necessary to become a
resident.