BILL NUMBER: SB 813	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 6, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 3, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senators Correa
(Chair), Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella, La Malfa, Negrete McLeod, and
Rubio)
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Harkey   ) 
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Beth Gaines   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 66025.8 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 813, as amended, Committee on Veterans Affairs. Public
postsecondary education: veterans' enrollment.
   Existing law requires the California State University and each
community college district, and requests the University of
California, with respect to each campus in their respective
jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant
priority for registration for enrollment to any member or former
member of the Armed Forces of the United States, and who is a
resident of California, as defined, for any academic term attended at
one of these institutions within 2 years of leaving active duty.
   This bill would grant priority enrollment to these members or
former members of the Armed Forces of the United States within 4
years of leaving active duty.
   Because the bill would impose additional duties on community
college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66025.8 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   66025.8.  (a) The California State University and each community
college district shall, and the University of California is requested
to, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions
that administers a priority enrollment system, grant priority in that
system for  class  registration for enrollment to any
member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, and
who is a resident of California, who has received an honorable
discharge, a general discharge, or an other than honorable discharge;
and to any member or former member of the State Military Reserve,
for any academic term attended at one of these institutions within
four years of leaving state or federal active duty. A former member
of the Armed Forces of the United States or the State Military
Reserve who received a dishonorable discharge or a bad conduct
discharge is not eligible for priority  class  registration
for enrollment pursuant to this section.
   (b) (1) For purposes of this section, "Armed Forces of the United
States" means the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps,
National Guard, Naval Militia, Navy, and the reserve components of
each of those forces, including the California National Guard.
   (2) As used in this section, "member or former member of the Armed
Forces of the United States" includes, but is not necessarily
limited to, any student who is called to active military duty
compelling that student to take an academic leave of absence.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.