AB 1840, as amended, Gipson. State agencies: interns and student assistants: hiring preference.
Existing law requires state agencies, when hiring for internships and student assistant positions, to give preference, as defined, to persons who are, or have been, dependent children in foster care. Existing law requires the preference to be granted to applicants up to 26 years of age.
This bill would require state agencies, when hiring for internships and student assistant positions, also to give preference to homeless youth and formerly incarcerated youth, as defined. This bill would also require any application for an internship and student assistant position with a state agency to allow the applicant to identify that the applicant is eligible for these preferences, but would prohibit the application from requiring the applicant to identify the specific category that entitles him or her for eligibility.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 18220 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
(a) State agencies, when hiring for internships and
4student assistant positions, shall give preference to a qualified
5applicant who is, or has been, a dependent child in foster care, a
6homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth. The preference
7shall be granted to applicantsbegin insert who areend insert up to 26 years of age.
8(b) Any application for an internship and student assistant
9position with a state agency shall allow the applicant to identify
10that the applicant is eligible for a preference under this section,
11but the application shall not require the applicant to identify the
12specific category that
entitles him or her for eligibility.
13(c) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions
14shall apply:
15(1) “Preference” means priority over similarly qualified
16applicants for placement in the position.
17(2) “Homeless youth” means an applicant up to 26 years of age,
18who has been verified as a homeless child or youth, as defined in
19subsection (2) of Section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento
20Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), by at least
21one of the following:
22(A) A homeless services provider, as defined in paragraph (3)
23of subdivision (d) of Section 103577 of the Health and Safety
24Code.
25(B) The director, or his or her designee, of a federal TRIO
26program or a Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for
27Undergraduate Programs program.
28(C) A financial aid administrator.
29(3) “Formerly incarcerated youth” means an individual who has
30been sentenced to incarceration in, or the custody of, the Division
31of Adult Operations in the Department of Corrections and
32Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice in the Department of
33Corrections and Rehabilitation, or county jail and released from
P3 1that incarceration or custody before the individual attained 21 years
2of age.
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