BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 1228
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Date of Hearing: May 6, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
AB
1228 (Gipson) - As Introduced February 27, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill expands current provisions, which request the public
higher education segments to help accommodate the campus housing
needs of current and former foster youth, to also encompass
current and former "homeless youth," as defined. Specifically,
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this bill:
1)Requests campuses of the California Community Colleges (CCC),
and requires campuses of the California State University (CSU)
and the University of California (UC), to the extent the UC
Regents concur, to give priority for student housing, in
addition to current and former foster youth, to current and
former homeless youth, with first priority for housing open
for uninterrupted year-round occupation and next priority for
housing open for occupation most days during the calendar
year, and at no added cost during academic or campus breaks..
2)Requests that campuses of the three higher education segments
to develop plans to ensure that that current and former foster
and homeless youth can access housing resources as needed
during academic and campus breaks.
3)Requests the UC Regents and the CSU Trustees to explore
methods of using the admissions-by-exemption category to
assist the transition of students who are homeless into
four-year public higher education institutions.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Any costs to campuses of the three segments will be minor and
absorbable.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. According to the author, housing proves to be a
regular barrier to homeless youth succeeding in college. The
author states, "This bill will help prioritize homeless youth
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for on-campus housing but also make such housing available to
them during academic breaks to help prevent other problems
from arising in the student's life that distracts them from
succeeding in their educational pursuits."
2)Related Legislation. AB 801 (Bloom), pending in this
committee, enacts the Success for Homeless Youth in Higher
Education Act, which among other things, would extend priority
enrollment with respect to the CSU and CCC to current and
former homeless youth, as defined.
3)Prior Legislation. AB 1393 (Skinner)/Chapter 391 of 2003
applied the provisions described in #1 of the Summary above to
current and former foster youth.
Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)
319-2081