BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: August 4, 2013
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mike Gatto, Chair
SB 141 (Correa) - As Amended: August 8, 2013
Policy Committee: Higher
EducationVote:11-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
Yes Reimbursable: Yes
SUMMARY
This bill exempts certain students from non-resident tuition
charges at the state's public higher education systems if they
are U.S. citizens who live abroad due to their parents'
deportation. Specifically, this bill:
1)Exempts a student from non-resident tuition at the California
State University (CSU) and the California Community College
(CCC) if he or she meets all of the following conditions:
a) Demonstrates financial need and has a parent or guardian
who has been deported or was permitted to deport
voluntarily pursuant to federal law.
b) Lived in California immediately prior to moving abroad
and moved as a result of the deportation.
c) Attended a secondary school in the state for three or
more years.
d) Will be in his or her first academic year as a
matriculated student, will be living in California and
intends to establish California residency as soon as
possible.
2)Requests the University of California (UC) to comply with the
above.
FISCAL EFFECT
1)For every student meeting the requirements of this bill and
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attending UC, CSU, or CCC at the resident tuition rate, the
segments will incur a revenue loss associated with not
receiving the additional charge for non-resident tuition from
these students. These amounts per full-time student are
$22,878 at UC, $11,160 at CSU, and $5,920 at the CCC. The
total revenue loss would depend on the number of qualifying
students at each segment, which is unknown, but could exceed
$150,000 annually.
Notwithstanding the above, it is quite possible that few
individuals who would meet the criteria of this bill are
currently applying to or attending a UC, CSU, or CCC campus,
thus the segments are currently not receiving the nonresident
tuition that such individuals would pay. Therefore, the real
impact of this bill might be a slight increase in enrollment
demand, with its resulting cost pressures, rather than any
significant loss of revenue.
2)Given the likely small number of applicants who would meet the
criteria of this bill, implementation and administrative costs
for the segments should not be significant. UC, however, has
expressed concern with the administrative costs associated
with obtaining and verifying attendance records for students
who seek to qualify based in part on their attendance at a
California junior high school. (UC requests an amendment
requiring the applicant to provide such documentation, which
UC indicates is consistent with its existing non-resident
tuition policies.)
COMMENTS
Purpose . According to the author, over five million children are
living in the U.S. with at least one undocumented parent, and
about 75% of these children are U.S. citizens. When undocumented
parents are deported, their citizen children are often forced to
move abroad. These children thus lose their state residency, and
thus their eligibility for less costly in-state tuition at the
state's public higher education institutions. SB 141 restores
eligibility for in-state tuition to the students under the
conditions specified.
Analysis Prepared by : Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081
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