BILL NUMBER: AB 2467	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act relating to student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2467, as introduced, Nestande. Student financial aid: veterans.

   Existing law, commencing January 1 of the 2009-10 academic year,
and each academic year thereafter, and upon a specific appropriation
by the Legislature, authorizes any qualifying member of the
California National Guard, the State Military Reserve, or the Naval
Militia to apply for a California National Guard Educational
Assistance Award.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish a grant or scholarship program for
military veterans residing in this state who are attending one of the
segments of public postsecondary education that would enable a
veteran to complete a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent
following the exhaustion of his or her 36 months of benefits under a
specified federal law.
   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 that would establish a grant or scholarship program for
military veterans residing in the state who are attending one of the
segments of public postsecondary education that would enable a
veteran to complete a baccalaureate degree, or its equivalent,
following the exhaustion of his or her 36 months of benefits under
Section 3312 of Title 38 of the United States Code.