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          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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