BILL NUMBER: AB 2056	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to amend Section 69432.92 of the Education Code, relating
to student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2056, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Cal Grant Program:
graduation verification.
   The Cal Grant Program establishes the Cal Grant A and B
Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer
Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal
Grant C award, and the Cal Grant T award under the administration of
the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements
for awards under these programs for participating students attending
qualifying institutions. As part of these eligibility requirements,
existing law authorizes the commission to require the verification of
high school graduation or its equivalent to be electronically
submitted to the commission for all former grade 12 pupils who
graduated from public schools, including charter schools, in the
prior academic year, except for pupils who have opted out, as
specified.
   This bill would require the commission, if it requires the
verification of high school graduation or its equivalent to be
electronically submitted, as specified, to allow a school district to
submit the verification as many times as necessary to ensure each
pupil's graduation information is transmitted and received.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 69432.92 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   69432.92.  (a)  (1)    The commission may
require verification of high school graduation or its equivalent to
be electronically submitted for all former grade 12 pupils who
graduated from public schools, including charter schools, in the
prior academic year, except for pupils who have opted out as provided
in subdivision (d) of Section 69432.9. 
   (2) If the commission requires verification of high school
graduation or its equivalent pursuant to paragraph (1), the
commission shall allow a school district to submit the verification
as many times as necessary to ensure each pupil's graduation
information is transmitted and received. 
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that high schools or high
school districts verify the graduation of their pupils in time to
meet the deadlines imposed by subdivision (e) of Section 69433.9.