BILL NUMBER: AB 1544	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Allen

                        JANUARY 23, 2014

   An act to amend Section 69510 of the Education Code, relating to
student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1544, as introduced, Allen. Student financial aid.
   Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary
state agency for the administration of state-authorized student
financial aid programs available to students attending all segments
of postsecondary education. Under existing law, the commission, among
other things, administers the Cal Grant awards, the Assumption
Program of Loans for Education, the Graduate Assumption Program of
Loans for Education, and the Middle Class Scholarship Program. The
commission also administers the state's participation in the Federal
Family Education Loan Program.
   This bill would make various nonsubstantive changes in a provision
relating to the membership of the commission.
   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.  Section 69510 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69510.  The Student Aid Commission shall be composed of the
following 15 members:
   (a) One representative from public, proprietary, or nonprofit
postsecondary schools located in California.
   (b) One representative from a California independent college or
university.
   (c) One representative each from the University of California, the
California State University, and the California Community Colleges.
   (d) Two members  ,  each of whom shall be a student
enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution at the
time of appointment, and  who  shall be enrolled in a
California postsecondary educational institution for the duration of
the term. A student member who graduates from an institution with no
more than six months of his or her term remaining shall be permitted
to serve for the remainder of the term.
   (e) Three public members.
   (f) One representative from a California secondary school.
   (g) Two representatives appointed by the Senate  Committee on
 Rules  Committee  .
   (h) Two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.