BILL NUMBER: AB 2154	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Medina
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Olsen)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to amend Section 69511 of the Education Code, relating to
the Student Aid Commission.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2154, as introduced, Medina. Student Aid Commission: student
members.
   Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission to perform a
variety of duties relating to student financial aid programs, and
requires the Governor to appoint 2 student members to the commission
for terms of two academic years. Existing provisions of the
Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program set forth
requirements for a postsecondary institution to be considered a
qualifying institution.
   This bill would authorize a student member to serve as a student
member of the Student Aid Commission for up to one additional year
after his or her 2-year term expires if the Governor has not
appointed a successor student member. The bill would also require a
qualifying institution to waive a student member's tuition, up to a
specified amount, for the duration of the student member's term in
office if the student member is not a recipient of a Cal Grant award.

   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 69511 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69511.  (a)  (1)    Except as provided in
subdivision (b), each member of the commission  , other than a
student member,  shall have a four-year  term; provided,
that members   term. 
    (2)     A student member  appointed
pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 69510 shall have 
terms   a term  of two academic years. 
However, upon expiration of the student member's two-year term, if
the Governor has not appointed a successor, the student member may
remain in office for one additional year or until the Governor
appoints a successor, whichever occurs first. 
   (b) The term of one member appointed pursuant to subdivision (g)
of Section 69510 and the term of one member appointed pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 69510, effective January 1, 1991, shall be
for five years. Each subsequent term for members appointed pursuant
to this subdivision shall be for four years.
   (c) At no time shall both student representatives be enrolled in
the same segment of postsecondary education in California. For
purposes of this subdivision, each postsecondary education program
listed in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 69510 is a
segment of postsecondary education in California.
   (d) Appointment to the commission of members appointed pursuant to
subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 69510 shall be made
by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate.
   (e) Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of a person who
will have the same status as the predecessor of the appointee. The
appointee shall hold office only for the balance of the unexpired
term.
   (f)  (1)    Each member of the commission shall
receive a stipend of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day in which
he or she attends any meeting of the commission or any meeting of
any committee or subcommittee of the commission, of which committee
or subcommittee he or she is a member, and which committee or
subcommittee meeting is conducted for the purpose of carrying out the
powers and duties of the commission. In addition, each member shall
receive his or her actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred
in the course of his or her duties. 
   (2) In addition, if a student member who attends a qualifying
institution, as defined in Section 69432.7, is not the recipient of a
Cal Grant award, the qualifying institution, as a condition of
participation in the Cal Grant program, shall waive the student
member's tuition, up to the maximum award amount for that
institution, for the duration of the student member's term of office.

   (g)  (1)    If an act of Congress establishes a
program of scholarships or grants for undergraduate students and
permits administration of the program within a state by a state
agency, the Student Aid Commission, as established by Section 69510,
shall administer the act within the state if the Governor and the
Student Aid Commission, by a majority vote of its entire membership,
determine that the participation by the state in the federal
scholarship or grant program under the act would not interfere with
or jeopardize the continuation of the scholarship program established
under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of
Division 5 of Title 3. 
    The 
    (2)    The  commission shall
constitute the state commission on federal scholarships or grants and
is hereby empowered to formulate a plan for development and
administration of any  such  federal scholarship or
grant program within the state. 
    Subject 
    (3)     Subject  to the provisions of
this chapter, the commission is hereby vested with all necessary
power and authority to cooperate with the government of the United
States, or any agency or agencies thereof, in the administration of
any act of Congress establishing a scholarship or grant program and
the rules and regulations adopted thereunder. 
    Before 
    (4)     Before  adopting a state plan,
the  Student Aid Commission,   commission,
acting as the state commission on federal scholarships or grants,
shall hold public hearings as provided in the California
Administrative Procedure Act.