BILL NUMBER: AB 2265	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 89252 of the Education Code, relating to
the California State University.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2265, as introduced, Weber. California State University:
educational opportunity program.
   Existing law establishes the California State University, and
authorizes the operation of its various campuses under the
administration of the Trustees of the California State University.
Existing law, the California State University Educational Opportunity
Act, provides educational assistance and grants for undergraduate
study at the California State University to students who are
economically disadvantaged or educationally and economically
disadvantaged, but who display potential for success in accredited
curricula offered by the university. The act sets grant eligibility
criteria and, when the recipient is an enrollee in a special
educational opportunity program approved by the trustees, provides
that the state university campus sponsoring the program receives from
the trustees specified reimbursement.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provisions of
the act relating to grant eligibility and sponsoring campus
reimbursement.
   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 89252 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   89252.   (a)    California State University
Educational Opportunity Program grants may be awarded to persons
selected for enrollment in programs authorized by the trustees
according to the procedures established by the trustees.  A
person selected for a grant shall be a resident of this state, shall
be a high school graduate or have, pursuant to the procedures,
equivalent qualifications, and shall have been nominated by his or
her high school or community college, the Veterans Administration, a
state agency or educational agency designated by the trustees, or a
state university president. The  
   (b) To be eligible for a grant, a person shall satisfy all of the
following requirements:  
   (1) The person is a resident of this state.  
   (2) The person is a high school graduate or has, pursuant to the
procedures, equivalent qualifications.  
   (3) The person has been nominated by his or her high school or
community college, the Veterans Administration, a state agency or
educational agency designated by the trustees, or a state university
president. 
    (c)     The  trustees shall determine
eligibility for grants awarded pursuant to this article.  The

    (d)     The  grants may be granted and
renewed according to standards set by the trustees until the student
has received a baccalaureate degree or has completed five academic
years, whichever occurs first. In special circumstances, as in the
case of illness, military service, or family hardship, the trustees
may renew the grant beyond the fifth year of study, provided the
student has not received a baccalaureate degree.  When

    (e)     If  the recipient is an
enrollee in a special educational opportunity program approved by the
trustees, for the purposes of this article, the state university
sponsoring the program shall receive from the trustees reimbursement
of up to sixty dollars ($60) per month per enrollee up to 12 months'
support.