BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 13, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
AB
1366 (Lopez) - As Amended May 7, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: YesReimbursable:
Yes
SUMMARY:
This bill requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) and
the California State University (CSU), and requests the
University of California (UC), to create Dream Resource Centers
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on each campus. The bill authorizes the governing boards of the
segments to accept private funds to establish and operate the
center.
FISCAL EFFECT:
1)UC. No additional cost, as UC indicates it has established a
center at every campus, though some are in shared space.
2)CSU. Four of CSU's 23 campuses have centers. It is assumed
that establishing and staffing centers at the other 19
campuses would entail one-time start-up costs averaging
$100,000 for hiring and recruitment of staff, space
renovations, office furniture, and equipment and ongoing costs
average about $80,000. Systemwide total costs would therefore
be $1.9 million one-time and $1.6 million ongoing. [General
Fund]
3)CCC. Assuming one-time costs at the 113 community colleges
would average 50% of CSU costs and ongoing cost would be 75%
of CSU costs, total CCC costs would be $5.6 million one-time
and $6. 8 million ongoing. To the extent any community college
already has established a Dream Resources Centers, the state
mandate in this bill would require the state to pay the
ongoing costs. [GF-Prop 98]
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. According to the author, "There is no law that
ensures that California public colleges and universities give
adequate support to the undocumented student populations at
their respective campuses to obtain their educational goals."
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The author contends, "This bill will address the problem by
creating a centralized and trusted space that undocumented
students will be able to utilize to access all resources and
opportunities without discrimination due to their legal
status."
2)Related Legislation. SB 247 (Lara), pending in Senate
Appropriations, would, in part, authorize the governing board
of a school district or county office of education that
maintain grades 9-12, the governing board of a CCC district,
and the CSU Trustees, and encourage the UC Regents to
establish on-campus Dream Centers. Analysis Prepared by:
Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081