BILL NUMBER: SB 1382	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  113
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 15, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 15, 2010
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 29, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 28, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senators Denham
(Chair), Cedillo, Correa, Maldonado, Negrete McLeod, Wiggins, and
Wyland)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 69432.9 of the Education Code, relating to
student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1382, Committee on Veterans Affairs. Student financial aid: Cal
Grant Program: methodology.
   Existing law, the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant
Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the
California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Awards,
the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and
the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid
Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under
these programs for participating students attending qualifying
institutions. The program specifies the minimum financial need
required for the receipt of Cal Grant awards and requires, for
purposes of determining financial need, that financial need to be
calculated consistent with the commission's methodology for financial
need for the 2000-01 academic year.
   This bill would delete the requirement that the calculation of
financial need be consistent with that methodology and would make
other technical, nonsubstantive changes.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 69432.9 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   69432.9.  (a) A Cal Grant applicant shall submit a complete
official financial aid application pursuant to Section 69433 and
applicable regulations adopted by the commission.
   (b) Financial need shall be determined using the federal financial
need methodology pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 69506 and
applicable regulations adopted by the commission, and as established
by Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
(20 U.S.C. Secs. 1070 et seq.).
   (1) "Expected family contribution," with respect to an applicant
shall be determined using the federal methodology pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 69506 (as established by Title IV of the
federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. Secs.
1070 et seq.)) and applicable rules and regulations adopted by the
commission.
   (2) "Financial need" means the difference between the student's
cost of attendance as determined by the commission and the expected
family contribution. The calculation of financial need shall be
consistent with Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended (20 U.S.C. Secs. 1070 et seq.).
   (3) (A) The minimum financial need required for receipt of an
initial Cal Grant A or Cal Grant C award shall be no less than the
maximum annual award value for the applicable institution, plus an
additional one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) of financial
need.
   (B) The minimum financial need required for receipt of an initial
Cal Grant B award shall be no less than seven hundred dollars ($700).

   (c) The commission shall require that a grade point average be
submitted for all Cal Grant A and B applicants, except for those
permitted to provide test scores in lieu of a grade point average.
The commission shall require that each report of a grade point
average include a certification, executed under penalty of perjury,
by a school official, that the grade point average reported is
accurately reported. The certification shall include a statement that
it is subject to review by the commission or its designee. The
commission shall adopt regulations that establish a grace period for
receipt of the grade point average and any appropriate corrections,
and that set forth the circumstances under which a student may submit
a specified test score designated by the commission, by regulation,
in lieu of submitting a qualifying grade point average. It is the
intent of the Legislature that high schools and institutions of
higher education certify the grade point averages of their students
in time to meet the application deadlines imposed by this chapter.