BILL NUMBER: AB 595	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 26, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Wilk)
    (   Coauthors:  Senators   Beall,
  Block,   and Liu   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to add Sections 66025.91 and 66025.95 to the Education
Code, relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 595, as amended, Gomez. Community colleges: priority
enrollment.
   Existing law, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012,
defines "matriculation" as a process that brings a college and a
student into an agreement for the purpose of achieving the student's
educational goals and completing the student's course of study. The
act specifies the responsibilities of students and institutions
entering into the agreement, including, among others, a student's
responsibility to identify an academic and career goal, to declare a
specific course of study, and to be diligent in class attendance and
the completion of assigned coursework.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that any
student who receives priority registration for enrollment 
shall comply with the matriculation requirements of   in
an educational institution, to the extent that the institution
provides specified matriculation services pursuant to  the
Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012  , shall participate
in those services  .
   Existing law requires the California State University and each
community college district, with respect to each campus in their
respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment
system, to grant priority in that system for registration for
enrollment to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the
United States and to a foster youth or former foster youth, as
provided.
   This bill would require a community college district to grant
priority registration for enrollment to students in the Community
College Extended Opportunity Programs and Services program and to
disabled students who are determined to be eligible for disabled
student programs and services  , as provided. The bill would
make this provision inoperative on January 1, 2017.
   By imposing the above requirement on a community college district,
the bill would create a state-mandated local program.
   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.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 66025.91 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   66025.91.  (a) Each community college district, with respect to
each campus in its jurisdiction that administers a priority
enrollment system, shall grant priority registration for enrollment
to students in the Community College Extended Opportunity Programs
and Services program, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section
69640), and disabled students, within the meaning of the federal
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et
 seq.).   seq.), who are determined to be
eligible for disabled student programs and services pursuant to
Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 67300) and Section  
84850.  
   (b) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2017,
unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1,
2017, deletes or extends that date.  
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 66025.95 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   66025.95.  It is the intent of the Legislature  that any
student who receives priority registration for enrollment shall
comply with the requirements   that, consistent with the
requirements and intent outlined in subdivisions (b) and (c) of
Section 78215, and to the extent that the institution meets the
responsibilities outlined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of
Section 78212, any student who receives priority registration for
enrollment participate in the program of services outlined in
paragraph (2)  of subdivision (a) of Section 78212.
  SEC. 3.  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.