BILL NUMBER: AB 2154 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 457
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 16, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 25, 2016
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, 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 2 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.
The bill would require the commission to notify the appropriate
student organization for each segment of a pending student member
vacancy no less than three months before the expiration of the term,
and of the appropriate student organization's opportunity to submit a
list of nominees.
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.
(2) (A) A student member appointed pursuant to subdivision (d) of
Section 69510 shall have a term of two academic years.
(B) 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. The requirements of subdivision
(d) of Section 69510 do not apply to a student in the additional year
under this paragraph.
(C) The commission shall notify the appropriate student
organization for each segment, as described in Section 69511.5, of a
pending student member vacancy no less than three months before the
expiration of the term, and of the appropriate student organization's
opportunity to submit a list of nominees pursuant to Section
69511.5.
(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.
(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 federal scholarship
or grant program within the state.
(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.
(4) Before adopting a state plan, the commission, acting as the
state commission on federal scholarships or grants, shall hold public
hearings as provided in the California Administrative Procedure Act.