BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: August 30, 2013
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mike Gatto, Chair
SB 290 (Knight) - As Amended: August 15, 2013
Policy Committee: Higher
EducationVote:12-0
Veterans Affairs 9-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill:
1)Extends, to a California State University (CSU) undergraduate
student, provisions exempting a California Community College
(CCC) student--who was a member of the Armed Forces stationed
in this state on active duty for more than one year
immediately prior to receiving an honorable discharge-from
paying nonresident tuition for up to one year while providing
the student up to two years following discharge to use this
exemption, if the student files an affidavit stating their
intent to establish California residency as soon as possible.
2)Requests the University of California (UC) to also adopt the
above policy.
FISCAL EFFECT
1)For every CSU undergraduate student who would take advantage
of the above exemption, CSU would lose $11,160 in non-resident
tuition revenue. CSU has about 350 veteran students who do not
meet residency requires. Assuming 70% of these students are
undergraduates, and if only 10% of these undergraduates take
advantage of the expanded exemption allowance provided in this
bill, the revenue loss to CSU would be $279,000.
2)Assuming UC adopts a conforming policy, for every UC
undergraduate student who would take advantage of the expanded
exemption, UC would lose $22,878 in non-resident tuition
revenue. In 2011-12, there were only 27 veterans who were
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undergraduates at UC paying non-resident tuition. If 10% of
these students were to take advantage of the expanded benefit,
the revenue loss to UC would be $69,000.
COMMENTS
1)Background and Purpose . Current law allows a discharged
military student to pay resident tuition until the student has
stayed in California long enough to establish residency
(normally one year). This non-resident tuition exemption
applies to students who were stationed in California for at
least one year prior to discharge. For tuition purposes, there
may be only one residence; in order to become a California
resident the student must relinquish residency in the
student's former state of residence.
In order to provide veterans time after discharge to return to
their home state to settle affairs, AB 2478 (Hayashi)/Chapter
405 of 2012 allowed CCC students to utilize the residency
tuition benefit within two-years from date of discharge. Under
this allowance, students are required to file an affidavit
declaring their intention to establish residency as soon as
possible. This bill extends this provision to undergraduate
students at CSU, and request UC to adopt a conforming policy.
According to the author, "Currently veterans who have served
at least 90 days on active duty are eligible to receive a
Government Issued Bill (or GI Bill) to help pay for their
college education. These federal dollars pay up to 100% of
in-state tuition costs, in addition to providing a housing
allowance and a book allowance to the veteran. However, many
veterans who were stationed at bases in California ? have not
had the opportunity to establish residency."
2)Related Legislation . AB 13 (Ch�vez and Quirk-Silva), pending
on the Senate Appropriations Suspense File, expands the
existing non-resident tuition benefits to veterans who were
discharged from service outside of California.
Analysis Prepared by : Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081