BILL NUMBER: AB 2520	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 15, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Rodriguez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act  to add and repeal Section 69520 of the Education Code,
  relating to student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2520, as amended, Rodriguez. Student financial  aid:
task force.   aid: Student Aid Commission. 
   Existing law establishes various student financial aid programs
under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and
establishes eligibility requirements for the recipients of awards
under those programs by participating students attending qualifying
institutions.
   This bill would  express the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would provide for the establishment of a task force
to study and recommend strategies for increasing the number and
diversity of high school pupils completing applications for state and
federal student financial aid for postsecondary institutions.
  require the commission, by the 2017-18 academic year,
to report to the Legislature and the   Governor on specified
measures to increase student participation in state and federal
financial aid programs through completion and submission of the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and other measures
identified by the commission. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION   1.    Section 69520 is added to
the   Education Code   , to read:  
   69520.  (a) The commission shall, by the 2017-18 academic year,
report to the Legislature and the Governor on measures to increase
student participation in state and federal student financial aid
programs.
   (b) Measures recommended pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include
all of the following:
   (1) At least one measure to ensure that each grade 12 California
high school pupil receives adequate time and faculty support to
complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) during a required course in the first semester of the pupil's
grade 12 school year.
   (2) At least one measure to address the barrier of a student who
is unable to access his or her parents' financial information in
order to complete and submit the FAFSA. The recommended measure or
measures shall include a recommendation for a sample statement that
the student can sign stating that his or her parents' financial
information provided in the FAFSA represents the best information
available to the student.
   (3) Other measures identified by the commission.
   (c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

   (2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on July 1, 2022.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would provide for the establishment of a
task force to study and recommend strategies for increasing the
number and diversity of high school pupils completing applications
for state and federal student financial aid for postsecondary
institutions.