BILL NUMBER: AB 616	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   An act  to amend Section 69960 of the Education Code, 
relating to student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 616, as amended, Campos. Student financial aid: California
State Work-Study Program.
   Existing law establishes the California State Work-Study Program,
under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, to provide
eligible college and university students with an opportunity to earn
money to help defray their educational costs while gaining valuable
experience in educationally beneficial or career-related employment.
 The program requires a participating institution to ensure that
each work-study position meets specified conditions, including
ensuring that no position filled by a work-study student has been
occupied by a regular employee during the current or immediately
preceding 12 months. 
   This bill would  express the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that would allocate funding for purposes of
reactivating the program   change this time period,
regarding a position to be filled by a work-study student, to the
current or immediately preceding 6 months  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION   1.    Section 69960 of the 
 Education Code   is amended to read: 
   69960.  The institution shall assure that each work-study position
meets all of the following conditions:
   (a) The position shall be educationally beneficial or related to a
particular career interest or the exploration of career options.
   (b) The work performed by the student shall not be related to the
activities of any sectarian organization or to any partisan or
nonpartisan political activities.
   (c) The employment of a work-study student shall not displace
workers currently employed by the participating employer, or impair
existing contracts for services. No position filled by a work-study
student shall have been occupied by a regular employee during the
current or immediately preceding  12   6 
months.
   (d) The work-study position shall not violate any applicable
collective bargaining agreements, or fill any vacancies due to a
labor dispute.
   (e) The student shall be paid at a comparable rate to that paid
for comparable positions within the employing organization. If the
employing organization has no comparable position, the student shall
be paid at a rate comparable to that paid by other organizations in
the field for work involving comparable duties and responsibilities.
The positions shall be compared on the basis of the nature of the
work performed and the background and skills required for the
position, and not upon the employee's part-time or student status.
   (f) The number of hours of employment the student is allowed to
work shall be determined by each institution in accordance with its
standards and practices, taking into consideration the extent of the
student's financial need and the potential harm of the combination of
work and study hours on a student's satisfactory academic progress.
The employer shall provide the institution with an accurate
accounting of hours worked and wages earned.
   (g) The total compensation received by the student shall not
exceed the total amount authorized by the institution.
   (h) The employer shall provide the student with reasonable
supervision.
   (i) No funds appropriated under this article shall supplant any
state, federal, or institutional funds used to support existing paid
positions for students in profit or nonprofit organizations. 

  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would allocate funding for purposes of
reactivating the California State Work-Study Program established in
Section 69951 of the Education Code.