BILL NUMBER: AB 409	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk-Silva
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Fox,   Jones-Sawyer,   Levine,   and
Weber   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2013

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


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

   (1) Under 
    Under  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  Board of Governors of the 
California Community Colleges and the  Trustees of the 
California State University to convene, and would encourage the 
Regents of the  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
 also  require  the California Community
Colleges and the California State University to complete 
the report  to be completed  on or before January 10, 2015,
and  to provide   that  a copy  be
provided  to the Governor and the Legislature on or before that
date.  These provisions would be repealed on January 1  
, 2019.  
   To the extent this bill 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:  yes   no  .


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  Board of
Governors of the  California Community Colleges and the 
Trustees of the  California State University shall convene, and
the  Regents of the  University of California  is
  are  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. 
   (d) The report to be submitted pursuant to this section shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
 
   (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.  
  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.