BILL NUMBER: SB 1264	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 69612.5 of the Education Code, relating to
student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1264, as introduced, Pavley. Student financial aid: Assumption
Program of Loans for Education.
   Existing law establishes the Assumption Program of Loans for
Education, administered by the Student Aid Commission, under which
any person enrolled in a participating institution of postsecondary
education, or any person who agrees to participate in a teacher
trainee or teacher internship program, is eligible to enter into an
agreement for loan assumption, to be redeemed pursuant to a
prescribed procedure upon becoming employed as a teacher if he or she
satisfies certain conditions.
   Existing law requires the applicant to agree, among other things,
to teach full time for at least 4 consecutive academic years or on a
part-time basis the equivalent of 4 consecutive academic years at an
eligible school. Existing law defines "eligible school" to mean,
among other things, a school that is ranked in the lowest 2 deciles
on the Academic Performance Index, a measure of the performance of
schools and school districts.
   This bill would amend the definition of "eligible school" to mean,
among other things, a school that is ranked in the lowest 3 deciles
on the Academic Performance Index.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 69612.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   69612.5.  For purposes of this article, the following terms have
the following definitions:
   (a) "Eligible institution" means a postsecondary institution that
is determined by the Student Aid Commission to meet both of the
following requirements:
   (1) The institution is eligible to participate in state and
federal financial aid programs.
   (2) The institution maintains a program of professional
preparation that has been approved by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing.
   (b) "Eligible school" means a school that meets any of the
following criteria:
   (1) It serves a large population of pupils from low-income
families, as designated by the Superintendent  of Public
Instruction  .
   (2) The institution has 20 percent or more teachers holding
emergency-type permits including, but not limited to, any of the
following:
   (A) Provisional internships.
   (B) Short-term staff permits.
   (C) Credential waivers.
   (D) Substitute permits.
   (3) It is a school that is ranked in the lowest  two
  three  deciles on the Academic Performance Index.

   (4) It is a school that serves a rural area.