BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 27, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
AB
2009 (Lopez) - As Introduced February 16, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: YesReimbursable:
Yes
SUMMARY:
This bill:
1)Requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) and the
California State University (CSU), and requests the University
of California (UC), to do designate a Dream Resource Liaison
at each of their respective campuses, who has knowledge
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regarding financial aid, services, and academic opportunities
for undocumented students.
2)Encourages the CCC, CSU, and UC to establish Dream Resource
Centers on each of their respective campuses, but stipulates
that this shall not be construed as mandating the construction
of new or separate space.
3)Authorizes the governing boards of the segments to accept
private funds to establish and operate the centers.
4)Encourages the governing board of school districts or county
offices of education with grades 9 through 12 to have a Dream
Resource Liaison.
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 unknown how
many campuses would designate an existing staff as the liaison
versus adding a new position. If ten campuses hired a
full-time position, assuming $80,000 cost per campus,
statewide costs would be $800,000 annually. It is assumed CSU
campuses (and CCC campuses) could establish Dream Resource
Centers within existing campus space. [General Fund]
3)CCC. Assuming ongoing cost at the 113 campuses would average
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75% of CSU costs, total CCC costs would be $6.8 million
annually. To the extent any community college has already
designated a liaison, the state mandate in this bill would
nevertheless require the state to pay the ongoing costs for
this position. [GF-Prop 98]
4)K-12. Cost pressure (GF-Prop 98) for those districts and
county offices of education that would hire a liaison. If
one-half of these 476 entities filled a part-time position
with average costs of $40,000, state wide costs would be $9.5
million annually. These costs are not state reimbursable.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. According to the author, in a recent study conducted
by the UndocuScholars Project, undocumented students expressed
concerns and frustrations for the lack of knowledge that
college faculty, staff, and administrators have regarding
policies and services available for the undocumented students.
The author contends that, "Currently, 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."
2)Prior Legislation. AB 1366 (Lopez) of 2015, a similar bill, is
currently on the Senate Inactive File.
Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)
319-2081
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