BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 2506 (Thurmond) - Student financial aid: Chafee grant awards
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|Version: June 29, 2016 |Policy Vote: ED. 9 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: August 11, 2016 |Consultant: Jillian Kissee |
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*********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
The following information is revised to reflect amendments
adopted by the committee on August 11, 2016
Bill
Summary: This bill requires postsecondary education
institutions to meet eligibility requirements to receive Chafee
funds, similar to existing provisions of the Cal Grant program.
Fiscal
Impact:
The California Student Aid Commission (Commission) indicates
that verifying institutions' eligibility for the use of Chafee
grant awards by its students would impose minor and absorbable
costs to the Commission.
AB 2506 (Thurmond) Page 1 of
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Author
Amendments:
Deletes the requirement that an eligible current or former
foster youth is entitled to receive a Chafee grant award.
Deletes the exemption of the institutional eligibility
standards from applying to out of state institutions where an
eligible Chafee grant recipient is attending.
Deletes the requirement that the Commission provide Chafee
grant recipients seeking to attend, or attending, an
ineligible institution based on standards established by this
bill, with a complete list of all California postsecondary
institutions at which the student would be eligible to receive
an award.
Committee Amendments: Makes conforming changes to Legislature
findings and declarations regarding the removal of the
entitlement.
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