BILL NUMBER: AB 949	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gonzalez

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 68130.5 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 949, as introduced, Gonzalez. Public postsecondary education:
exemption from nonresident tuition.
   Existing law exempts a student, other than a nonimmigrant alien,
as defined, from paying nonresident tuition at the California State
University and the California Community Colleges if the student meets
certain requirements. Existing law authorizes a community college
district to report a student who is exempt from nonresident tuition
as a full-time equivalent student for apportionment purposes.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
   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 68130.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   68130.5.  Notwithstanding any other law:
   (a) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning
of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of Section 1101 of Title 8 of the
United States Code, who meets all of the following requirements
shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at the California
State University and the California Community Colleges:
   (1) Satisfaction of either of the following:
   (A) High school attendance in California for three or more years.
   (B) Attainment of credits earned in California from a California
high school equivalent to three or more years of full-time high
school coursework and a total of three or more years of attendance in
California elementary schools, California secondary schools, or a
combination of those schools.
   (2) Graduation from a California high school or attainment of the
equivalent thereof.
   (3) Registration as an entering student at, or current enrollment
at, an accredited institution of higher education in California not
earlier than the fall semester or quarter of the 2001-02 academic
year.
   (4) In the case of a person without lawful immigration status, the
filing of an affidavit with the institution of higher education
stating that the student has filed an application to legalize his or
her immigration status, or will file an application as soon as he or
she is eligible to do so.
   (b) A student  who is  exempt from nonresident tuition
under this section may be reported by a community college district as
a full-time equivalent student for apportionment purposes.
   (c) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
and the Trustees of the California State University shall prescribe
rules and regulations for the implementation of this section.
   (d) Student information obtained in the implementation of this
section is confidential.