AB 13, as amended, Chávez. Nonresident tuition exemption: veterans.
Under existing law, the segments of the public postsecondary education system in the state include the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
Existing law exempts a student who was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in this state on active duty for more than one year immediately prior to being discharged from paying nonresident tuition, as specified.
This bill would eliminate the requirement that a student be stationed in this state to receive that exemption, and would require the student to be discharged or released from active duty within the immediately prior year in order to receive the exemption. To the extent the bill would require community college districts to exempt more students from nonresident tuition, 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 68075.5 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:
(a) Except as providedbegin delete forend delete inbegin delete subdivisionsend deletebegin insert subdivisionend insert
4 (b)begin delete andend deletebegin insert or end insert (c), a student who was a member of the Armed Forces
5of the United States, who was discharged or released from active
6duty within the immediately prior year, shall be exempt from
7paying nonresident tuition for the length of time he or she
lives in
8this state after being discharged or released from active duty up
9to the minimum time necessary to become a resident.
10(b) (1) Except as providedbegin delete forend delete in subdivision (c), a community
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college student who was a member of the Armed Forces of the
12United States, who was discharged or released from active duty
13within the immediately prior year, shall be exempt from paying
14nonresident tuition for up to one year if he or she files an affidavit
15with the community college stating that he or she intends to
16establish residency in California as soon as possible.
17(2) The one-year exemption provided in paragraph (1) shall be
18used while the student lives in this state and within two years of
19being discharged or released from active duty.
20(c) A former member of the Armed Forces of the United States
21who received a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge shall not
22be eligible for an exemption pursuant to this section.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
2this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
3local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
4pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
54 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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