BILL NUMBER: AB 13 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 11, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 2, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 24, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 11, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 31, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Chávez and Quirk-Silva
(Principal coauthor: Senator Block)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Grove, Melendez, and Wilk)
(Coauthors: Senators Correa, Hueso, Huff, and Wyland)
DECEMBER 3, 2012
An act to amend Section 68075.5 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 13, as amended, Chávez. Nonresident tuition exemption:
veterans.
Under
(1) 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 of the California Community
Colleges or 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
from paying nonresident tuition for the length of time he or she
lives in the state after being discharged up to the minimum time
necessary to become a resident.
Existing law also exempts one of those students if he or she is
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 from paying nonresident tuition for up to
one year if he or she files an affidavit with the institution
stating that he or she intends to establish residency in California
as soon as possible. Existing law requires a student to use 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 an
exemption from paying nonresident tuition under either of the
provisions described above.
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.
The bill , notwithstanding the requirements of existing law
as referenced above, would authorize
require the California Community Colleges,
Colleges and the California State University, and
request 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. To the extent that this provision would impose new
duties on community college districts, it would constitute a
state-mandated local program.
(2) 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: no yes .
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 68075.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
68075.5. (a) Except as provided for in subdivisions (b)
(b), (c), and (d), a student of the California
Community Colleges or 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 shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition for
the length of time he or she lives in this state after being
discharged up to the minimum time necessary to become a resident.
(b) (1) Except as provided for in subdivision
subdivisions (c) and (d), 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 shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition for
up to one year 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.
(2) The one-year exemption provided in paragraph (1) shall be used
by the student within two years of being discharged.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other law,
and except as provided in subdivision (d), the
California Community Colleges, Colleges and
the California State University,
University shall, and the University of California are
authorized to is requested 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 while enrolled as a student of that segment.
As
(2) As used in this subdivision,
"GI Bill education benefits" refers to any education benefit
administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
pursuant to Title 38 of the United States Code that is
designed to help eligible veterans of the Armed Forces of the United
States or other eligible persons with a relationship to a
veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States to cover the
costs associated with enrollment as a student of that segment.
(d) A former member of the Armed Forces of the United States who
received a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge shall not be
eligible for an exemption pursuant to this section
subdivision (a) or (b) .
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.