BILL NUMBER: AB 2598	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2598, as introduced, Fuentes. Military service: academic
credit.
   Existing law authorizes the California Community Colleges and the
California State University, and encourages the University of
California, to coordinate services for qualified students who are
veterans or members of the military by clearly designating Military
and Veterans Offices and individuals to provide specified services.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish and administer a demonstration
program that identifies, develops, and supports methods that maximize
academic credit awarded by institutions of higher education to
veterans and members of the military for military experience,
education, and training obtained during military service in order to
expedite the entry of veterans and members of the military into the
workforce.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish and administer a demonstration
program that identifies, develops, and supports methods that maximize
academic credit awarded by institutions of higher education to
veterans and members of the military for military experience,
education, and training obtained during military service in order to
expedite the entry of veterans and members of the military into the
workforce.