BILL NUMBER: SB 247	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2015

   An act to add Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 11900) to Part 7
of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to public
schools.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 247, as amended, Lara. Dream Centers: educational support
services.
   Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and
secondary schools maintained and operated by local educational
agencies throughout the state. Existing law also establishes the
California State University, under the administration of the Trustees
of the California State University, the University of California,
under the administration of the Regents of the University of
California, and the California Community Colleges, under the
administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this
state.
   Existing law requires the Student Aid Commission to establish
procedures and forms that enable students who are exempt from paying
nonresident tuition because they meet specified residency
requirements, or who meet equivalent requirements adopted by the
regents, to apply for, and participate in, all student financial aid
programs administered by the state to the full extent permitted by
federal law.
   This bill would authorize the governing board of each school
district or county office of education that maintains any of grades 9
to 12, inclusive, the governing board of each community college
district, and the Trustees of the California State University to
establish, and would encourage the Regents of the University of
California to establish,  undocumented student support services
to include, but not necessarily be limited to, state and
institutional financial aid assistance, academic counseling, referral
services, and  on-campus Dream  Centers to provide
information to undocumented pupils and students about educational
support services.   Centers. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 11900) is added to
Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 20.  DREAM CENTERS


   11900.  The governing board of each school district or county
office of education that maintains any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive,
the governing board of each community college district, and the
Trustees of the California State University may establish, and the
Regents of the University of California are encouraged to establish,
 undocumented student support services to include, but not
necessarily be limited to, state and institutional financial aid
assistance, academic counseling, referral services, and 
on-campus Dream  Centers to provide information to
undocumented pupils and students about educational support services,
including, but not limited to, the financial aid application
established by the Student Aid Commission pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 69508.5, known as the Dream Act Application. 
 Centers.