BILL NUMBER: AB 635	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Knight

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to add Section  20   824.1  to
the Military and Veterans Code, relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 635, as amended, Knight. Veterans' benefits: public
postsecondary education: mandatory educational fees.
   Existing law establishes the 3 segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. These segments include the California State
University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California
State University, the University of California, which is administered
by the Regents of the University of California, and the California
Community Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors
of the California Community Colleges.  Most provisions of law
  apply to the University of California only to the extent
that the regents, by resolution, make these provisions applicable.

   This bill would specify that, for purposes of veterans' benefits,
the Trustees of the California State University  , the
Regents of the University of California,  and the Board of
Governors of the California Community Colleges  may 
 shall, and the Regents of the University of California are
requested to,  designate mandatory education fees as tuition.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 824.1 is added to the 
 Military and Veterans Code   , to read:  
   824.1.  (a) For the purposes of veterans' benefits, the Trustees
of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges shall designate mandatory educational
fees as tuition.
   (b) The Regents of the University of California are requested to
adopt an appropriate resolution designating mandatory educational
fees as tuition.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 20 is added to the Military
and Veterans Code, to read:
   20.  For the purposes of veterans' benefits, the Trustees of the
California State University, the Regents of the University of
California, and the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges may designate mandatory educational fees as tuition.