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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2766
Author: Lopez (D), et al.
Introduced:2/19/16
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 9-0, 6/8/16
AYES: Liu, Block, Hancock, Huff, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan,
Vidak
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 5/12/16 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Student Aid Commission
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill expands the California Student Aid
Commission (Commission) to include two additional student
members.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Establishes the Commission to administer California's student
financial aid programs. The composition of the Commission
includes:
a) Eleven members Governor appointees confirmed by the
Senate:
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i) Three representatives from the general public.
ii) One representative from a California secondary
school.
iii) Two student representatives each of whom must be
enrolled in a California postsecondary educational
institution.
iv) One representative from the University of
California (UC).
v) One representative from the California State
University (CSU).
vi) One representative from the California Community
Colleges (CCC).
vii) One representative from a California independent
college or university.
viii) One representative from a public, proprietary,
or nonprofit postsecondary school located in
California.
b) Two representatives appointed by the Senate Rules
Committee.
c) Two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly. (Education Code § 69510)
2)Provides that student members appointed to the Commission:
a) Be enrolled in postsecondary educational institutions
for the duration of the two year terms.
b) May serve for six months beyond graduation.
c) May not be enrolled in the same segment of higher
education. The segments of higher education are designated
as the UC, the CSU, the CCC, independent institutions
(non-profit), and for-profit institutions. (EC § 69511)
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3)Provides that the Commission is responsible for determining
the appropriate student organization for each segment, and
each student organization is required to inform students
within their respective segment of pending Commission student
member vacancies and each student organization is authorized
to submit a list of three to five nominees for membership. A
student member appointed to the Commission may not be in the
same segment of the outgoing or the other sitting student
member. (EC § 69511.5)
This bill expands the Commission to include two additional
student members. Specifically, this bill:
1)Provides that the Commission shall consist of four student
members, one from each of the following postsecondary
educational institutions:
a) The UC;
b) The CSU;
c) The CCC; and
d) California private postsecondary educational
institution.
2)Clarifies that the student member must be enrolled in that
postsecondary educational institution at the time of
appointment and during the duration of the term.
Comments
1)Need for the bill. The Commission is responsible for
administering financial aid programs for students attending
public and private postsecondary institutions. According to
the author, each segment of higher education serves a distinct
student population as such limiting membership on the
commission to two students does not allow for equitable
representation of the other student groups. The Student Senate
for California Community Colleges asserts that, "the
demographics of each of our systems is quite diverse from one
another, which leaves a heavy burden for two individuals to
represent over 3.5 million students from four unique, but
interconnected systems, leading to key communities being
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disenfranchised in the process."
2)Appointment of student members. Existing law provides for two
student commissioners from different higher education
segments, nominated by the appropriate student association and
appointed by the Governor to serve on the Commission for two
year terms. The higher education segments are designated as
the UC, the CSU, the CCC, independent institutions
(non-profit), and for-profit institutions. The two student
positions rotate among these four segments and representatives
may not be enrolled in the same segment of the outgoing or the
other sitting student member. Current law also requires that
the two student representatives on the Commission be enrolled
in his or her respective institution for the duration of their
term.
Rather than rotating the two student positions among the four
segments this bill seeks to establish four fixed seats thereby
ensuring that each student population has a permanent voting
member on the Commission.
Related Legislation
AB 2154 (Medina, 2016) authorizes a student commissioner to
serve for an additional year after the expiration of their term
if a successor has not been appointed, requires a qualifying
institution to waive a student members' tuition for the duration
of their term in office if that student is not a Cal Grant
recipient and further requires the Commission to notify the
appropriate student organization of the opportunity to submit a
list of nominees. AB 2154 is scheduled to be heard by the
Senate Education Committee on June 8.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified 6/21/16)
Associated Student Organization of Los Angeles City College
Associated Student Organization of Los Angeles Harbor College
Associated Student Organization of Los Angeles Southwest College
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Associated Student Organization of Los Angeles Trade Technical
College
Associated Student Organization of Mission College
Associated Student Organization of West Los Angeles College
Associated Student Union of Butte College
Associated Student Union of East Los Angeles College
Associated Student Union of Los Angeles Valley College
Associated Students of College of the Redwoods
Associated Students of College of the Siskiyous
Associated Students of De Anza College
Associated Students of El Camino College
Associated Students of Feather River College
Associated Students of Glendale Community College
Associated Students of Las Positas College
Associated Students of Lassen College
Associated Students of Pasadena City College
Associated Students of Santa Barbara College
Associated Students of Santa Monica College
Associated Students of Shasta College
California Community College Association of Student Trustees
California Immigrant Policy Center
Student Senate for California Community Colleges
Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Region I
Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Region IV
Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Region V
Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Region VI
Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Region VII
Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Region VIII
Student Senate of Cabrillo College
Student Senate of Chabot College
Student Senate of Evergreen Valley College
Yuba Community College District
OPPOSITION: (Verified 6/21/16)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 5/12/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Calderon,
Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines,
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Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson,
Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder,
Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen,
Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Burke, Jones-Sawyer
Prepared by:Olgalilia Ramirez / ED. / (916) 651-4105
6/22/16 15:15:06
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