BILL NUMBER: AB 393	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 23, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Roger Hernández

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2015

   An act to add Part 52.7 (commencing with Section 88750) to
Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to community
colleges.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 393, as amended, Roger Hernández. Veteran Resource Centers
Grant Program.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges. Existing law requires the board of governors to
appoint a chief executive officer, to be known as the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges.
   This bill would establish the Veteran Resource Centers Grant
Program, which would authorize the governing board of a community
college district  that has or intends to establish veteran
resource centers on campuses within the community college district
  and a community college campus at which a veterans
resource center has been or is intended to be established  to
 jointly  apply to the chancellor for a grant for purposes
of providing resources to veterans and active duty members of the
Armed Forces of the United States enrolled at  those
campuses.   the campus.  The bill would establish
the Veteran Resource Centers Grant Fund in the State Treasury. The
bill would allocate moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the
Legislature in the annual Budget Act, to the chancellor for, among
other things, administration of the program and distribution of
awards to recipient community college districts.  The bill would
also require the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges to submit a report to the Legislature on the progress of the
program by May 31, 2018. 
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares the following:
   (a) More than  44,000   60,000  veterans
and active duty service members enrolled at campuses of the
California Community Colleges in the  2012-13  
2013-14  academic year.
   (b) Education is a tool for community college students to achieve
economic success.
   (c) Veterans face unique challenges in achieving professional
success, including posttraumatic stress disorder and assimilation to
civilian life during and after serving on active duty.
   (d) The intent of the Veteran Resource Centers Grant Program is to
help veterans and active duty service members enrolled at campuses
of the California Community Colleges achieve academic and
professional success.
  SEC. 2.  Part 52.7 (commencing with Section 88750) is added to
Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:

      PART 52.7.  Veteran Resource Centers Grant Program


      CHAPTER 1.  GENERAL PROVISIONS


   88750.  This part shall be known, and may be cited as, the Veteran
Resource Centers Grant Program.
   88751.  The Veteran Resource Centers Grant Fund is hereby
established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund, upon
appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, shall be
allocated to the chancellor for the implementation and administration
of this part.
   88752.   The   A  governing board of a
community college district  that   and a
community college campus at which a veterans resource center 
has  been  or  intends to establish veteran resource
centers on campuses within the community college district 
 is intended to be established  may  jointly  apply
to the chancellor for a grant for purposes of providing resources to
veterans and active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United
States enrolled at  those campuses   the campus
 to help them succeed academically.
   88753.   (a)    The chancellor shall do the
following: 
   (a) 
    (1)  Administer the program and distribute awards to
recipient community college  districts.  
districts and campuses.  
   (b) 
    (2)  Develop application criteria, administrative
guidelines, and other requirements, by May 26, 2016, through a
stakeholder process and public meetings, for purposes of
administering the program. Those requirements may include the
chancellor awarding funding priority to community college district
 and campus  applicants that commit to contributing an
amount of funds in addition to the grant  for purposes of
developing or enhancing   to develop, enhance, or
maintain a  veteran resource  centers on campuses within
the community college district.   center at a community
college campus.  
   (c) Submit 
    (b)     The Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges shall submit  a report to the
Legislature on the progress of the program on or before May 31, 2018.

   (d) 
    (c)  (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed
under subdivision  (c)   (b)  is
inoperative on June 1, 2022, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the
Government Code.
   (2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision  (c)
  (b)  shall be submitted in compliance with
Section 9795 of the Government Code.