Amended in Assembly April 15, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 2, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 409

Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Fox, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, and Weber)

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February 15, 2013

An act to add begin insert and repeal end insert Section 69785.5 begin delete to end delete begin insert of end insert the Education Code, relating to student veterans.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 409, as amended, Quirk-Silva. Student veterans: services.

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(1) Under

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begin insert Under end insert existing law, the segments of the public higher 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 is administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

Existing law authorizes the California Community Colleges and California State University, and encourages the University of California, to coordinate services for qualified students who are veterans or members of the military by clearly designating military and veterans offices and individuals to provide specified services.

This bill would require the begin insert Board of Governors of the end insert California Community Colleges and the begin insert Trustees of the end insert California State University to convene, and would encourage the begin insert Regents of the end insert University of California to participate in, a task force to develop a report relating to student veterans’ transition to postsecondary education, as specified. The bill would begin delete also end delete require begin delete the California Community Colleges and the California State University to complete end delete the report begin insert to be completed end insert on or before January 10, 2015, and begin delete to provide end delete begin insert that end insert a copy begin insert be provided end insert to the Governor and the Legislature on or before that date. begin insert These provisions would be repealed on January 1 end insert begin insert , 2019. end insert

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To the extent this bill would impose new duties on community college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program.

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(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.

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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.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no end insert .

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 69785.5 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

69785.5.  

(a) On or before June 30, 2014, the begin insert Board of
Governors of the end insert California Community Colleges and the begin insert Trustees
of the end insert California State University shall convene, and the begin insert Regents
of the end insert University of California begin delete is end delete begin insert are end insert encouraged to participate in,
a task force to develop a report relating to student veterans’
transition to postsecondary education.

(b) The task force shall address specific issues related to student
veterans’ transition to postsecondary education, which shall
include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) A review of the best practices for meeting the needs of
student veterans and ensuring that all campuses offer veterans’
counseling services.

(2) An evaluation on how California Community Colleges, the
California State University, and the University of California
currently assist student veterans in understanding the effects of
postwar stress, posttraumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain
injuries.

(3) An evaluation of the existing resources offered to veterans
and ways to ensure that veterans are aware of these resources.

(4) An assessment on whether additional services for veterans
are needed, such as an online course addressing postwar effects
on veterans.

(c) The final report shall be completed on or before January 10,
2015, and a copy shall be provided to the Governor and the
Legislature on or before that date.

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(d) The report to be submitted pursuant to this section shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
Code.

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(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2019,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends that date.

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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.

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