BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SB 141
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 141 (Correa)
As Amended September 6, 2013
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :35-1
HIGHER EDUCATION 11-0 APPROPRIATIONS 14-1
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|Ayes:|Williams, Chávez, Bloom, |Ayes:|Gatto, Bigelow, |
| |Fong, Levine, Linder, | |Bocanegra, Bradford, Ian |
| |Medina, Olsen, | |Calderon, Campos, Eggman, |
| |Quirk-Silva, Weber, Wilk | |Gomez, Hall, Holden, |
| | | |Linder, Pan, Quirk, Weber |
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SUMMARY : Requires the California State University (CSU) and
California Community College (CCC) districts, and requests the
University of California (UC) exempt from non-resident tuition
charges, under specified circumstances, a United States citizen
who moved abroad as a result of his/her parent's deportation.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires the Trustees of the CSU and a CCC district to exempt
from non-resident tuition charges a student who is a United
States citizen who meets all of the following requirements:
a) Demonstrates a financial need for the exemption.
b) Has a parent or guardian who has been deported or was
permitted to depart voluntarily under the federal
Immigration and Nationality Act in accordance with Section
1229c of Title 8 of the United States Code. The student
must provide documents from the United States Citizenship
and Immigration Services evidencing the deportation or
voluntary departure of his or her parent or guardian.
c) Moved abroad as a result of the deportation or voluntary
departure.
d) Lived in California immediately before moving abroad.
The student must provide information and evidence that
demonstrates the student previously lived in California.
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e) Provides documents that demonstrate attendance at a
secondary school in the state for three or more years.
f) 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 Regents of the UC to enact regulations and
procedures to exempt from nonresident tuition students who
meet all of the aforementioned requirements.
3)Provides for reimbursement to local agencies and school
districts if the Commission on State Mandates determines that
this act contains costs mandated by the state.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee:
1)For every student meeting the requirements of this bill and
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.
2)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.
3)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
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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 of this bill . According to the author, it is estimated
that over 5 million children are living in the U.S. with at
least one undocumented parent. Approximately 75% of these
children are U.S. citizens. When undocumented parents are
deported, their U.S. born children are often forced to move
abroad. As a result, these children lose their state residency,
and with it, affordable access to California institutions of
higher learning. This bill would restore affordable access to
California resident tuition for children forced to live abroad
as a result of their parent's deportation.
Analysis Prepared by : Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960
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