BILL NUMBER: AB 2056	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2016

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 amended, 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. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that
high schools or high school districts verify the graduation of their
pupils in time to meet specified deadlines.
   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 that
each pupil's graduation information is transmitted and received and
to require that high schools or high school districts verify the
graduation of their pupils no later than October 1 of the academic
year immediately following the pupils' graduation.  
equivalent, to provide guidance to high schools or high school
districts to ensure that high schools and high school districts
verify the graduation of their pupils as soon as possible upon a
pupil's graduation and no later than August   31 of the
academic year following the pupils' graduation, as specified. 
   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) 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. 
   (b)  If the commission requires verification of high school
graduation or its equivalent pursuant to paragraph (1), then both of
the following shall occur:  
   (1) The commission shall allow a school district to submit the
verification as many times as necessary to ensure that each pupil's
graduation information is transmitted and received. 

   (2) High schools or high school districts shall verify the
graduation of their pupils no later than October 1 of the academic
year immediately following the pupils' graduation.  
   (b) If the commission requires verification of high school
graduation or its equivalent pursuant to subdivision (a), the
commission shall provide guidance to high schools or high school
districts to ensure that high schools and high school districts
verify the graduation of their pupils as soon as possible upon a
pupil's graduation and no later than August 31 of the academic year
following the pupils' graduation. This subdivision also applies to
pupils who graduate during the summer following the grade 12 academic
year.