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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 13
Author: Conway (R), et al.
Amended: 8/28/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 5-2, 7/3/13
AYES: Wyland, Block, Correa, Hueso, Huff
NOES: Liu, Hancock
NO VOTE RECORDED: Monning, Torres
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 8/30/13
AYES: De León, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 5/28/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Nonresident tuition exemption: veterans
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : The bill requires the California Community Colleges
(CCC) and the California State University (CSU), and request the
University of California (UC), to update and adopt policies no
later than July 1, 2015, regarding tuition rates for eligible
veterans and their eligible dependents to ensure conformity to,
and compliance with, a specified federal statute and the
requirements of existing law.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
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1.Requires a student who was a member of the Armed Forces
stationed in California on active duty for more than one year
immediately prior to being discharged to be exempt from paying
nonresident tuition for the length of time he/she lives in the
state, up to the minimum time necessary to become a resident.
In addition, current law provides, for purposes of CCC fees, a
former member of the Armed Forces can utilize the one-year
nonresident fee exemption within two years of being discharged
provided the former member of the Armed Forces has filed an
affidavit with the CCC stating his/her intention to establish
residency in California as soon as possible.
2.Establishes uniform residency requirements for purposes of
ascertaining the amount of fees to be paid by students at UC,
CSU, and CCC, and establishes various exceptions to these
residency requirements, including the following:
A. A member of the Armed Forces who is stationed in the
state on active duty, except a member assigned for
educational purposes.
B. A member of the Armed Forces who is transferred to
another state but continuously enrolled at a college in
California.
C. A student who is a dependent of a member of the Armed
Forces stationed in this state on active duty.
D. A student dependent of a member of the Armed Forces may
keep his/her resident classification until he/she has
resided in the state for the minimum time necessary to
become a resident in the event the member of the Armed
Forces upon whom they are dependent is transferred outside
of the state or retires as an active member of the Armed
Forces.
The bill requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) and
the California State University (CSU), and request the
University of California (UC), to update and adopt policies no
later than July 1, 2015, regarding tuition rates for eligible
veterans and their eligible dependents to ensure conformity to,
and compliance with, a specified federal statute and the
requirements of existing law.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
(Unknown with recent amendments)
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/29/14)
American Legion, Department of California
AMVETS, Department of California
California Association of County Veterans Service Officers
California State Commanders Veterans Council
Military Officers Association of America, California Council of
Chapters
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of California
Vietnam Veterans of America, California State Council
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 5/28/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway,
Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell,
Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson,
Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Allen, Holden, Vacancy
PQ:AL:nld 8/29/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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