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 community college 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 for up to one year if he or she files an affidavit with the community college stating that he or she intends to establish residency in California as soon as possible, if that student uses this exemption within 2 years of being discharged. Existing law prohibits a former member of the Armed Forces who received a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge from receiving this exemption.
Existing law provides that the statutory provisions relating to student residency requirements for public postsecondary education apply to the University of California only to the extent that the regents act, by resolution, to make these provisions applicable.
This bill would make this one-year exemption from payment of nonresident tuition applicable to a student enrolled, or intending to enroll, at a campus of the California Community Colleges, or as an undergraduate at a campus of the California State University, 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 if he or she files an affidavit with the institution at which he or she is enrolled, or intends to enroll, stating that he or she intends to establish residency in California as soon as possible, and uses this exemption within 2 years of being discharged.
begin insertThe bill would authorize the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to exempt from paying nonresident tuition a student or prospective student of their respective segments who is a former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, who has been discharged from active duty, and who is using, or is intending to use, “GI Bill” education benefits, as defined, while enrolled as a student of that segment.
end insertThe bill would request the regents to enact regulations and procedures that exempt from nonresident tuition students of that university who meet the requirements applicable to students of the California Community Colleges and the California State University for the exemption in the bill.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
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 provided in subdivision (b) orbegin delete (c),end deletebegin insert (d),end insert
2 a student of the California Community Colleges or the California
3State University who was a member of the Armed Forces of the
4United States stationed in this state on active duty for more than
5one year immediately prior to being discharged shall be exempt
6from paying nonresident tuition for the length of time he or she
7lives in this state after being discharged up to the minimum time
8necessary to become a resident.
9(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivisionbegin delete (c),end deletebegin insert (d),end insert a student
10enrolled, or intending to enroll, at a campus of the California
11Community Colleges, or as an undergraduate at a campus of the
12California State University, who was a member of the Armed
13Forces of the United States stationed in this state on active duty
14for more than one year immediately prior to being discharged shall
15be exempt from paying nonresident tuition for up to one year if
16he or she files an affidavit with the institution at which he or she
17is enrolled, or intends to enroll, stating that he or she intends to
18establish residency in California as soon as possible.
19(2) The one-year exemption provided in paragraph (1) shall be
20used by the student within two years of being discharged.
21(c) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in
22subdivision (d), the California Community Colleges, the California
23State University, and the University of California are authorized
24to exempt from paying nonresident tuition a student or prospective
25student of their respective segments who is a former member of
26the Armed Forces of the United States, who has been discharged
27from active duty, and who is using, or is intending to use, “GI
28Bill” education benefits while enrolled as a student of that segment.
29As used in this subdivision, “GI Bill education benefits” refers to
30any education benefit administered by the United States
31Department of Veterans Affairs that is designed to help eligible
32veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States to
cover the
33costs associated with enrollment as a student of that segment.
34(c)
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35begin insert(end insertbegin insertd)end insert A former member of the Armed Forces of the United States
36who received a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge shall not
37be eligible for an exemption pursuant to this section.
The Legislature requests the Regents of the University
39of California to enact, pursuant to Section 68134 of the Education
40Code, a resolution that exempts from nonresident tuition students
P4 1of that university who meet the requirements applicable to students
2of the California Community Colleges and the California State
3University for the exemption under Section 68075.5 of the
4Education Code.
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