BILL NUMBER: AB 684	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Medina

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act relating to student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 684, as introduced, Medina. Student financial aid: General
Educational Development (GED) test preparation and career employment
training.
   Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state, and authorizes school districts to
award high school diplomas to pupils who have met specified
requirements. Existing law also establishes various programs that
provide financial aid for qualifying students attending postsecondary
educational institutions.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation at the 2013-14 Regular Session that would make students
who were high school dropouts, and are preparing for the General
Educational Development (GED) test, eligible for student financial
aid to be used for both GED test preparation and subsequent career
employment training at a postsecondary educational institution.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation at the 2013-14 Regular Session that would make students
who were high school dropouts, and are preparing for the General
Educational Development (GED) test, eligible for student financial
aid to be used for both GED test preparation and subsequent career
employment training at a postsecondary educational institution.