BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Senator Carol Liu, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: SB 440
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|Author: |Committee on Education |
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|Version: |April 13, 2015 Hearing |
| |Date: April 29, 2015 |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |No |
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|Consultant:|Olgalilia Ramirez |
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Subject: Postsecondary education: institutions
SUMMARY
This bill corrects technical errors and oversights, and makes
numerous non-controversial and conforming changes to various
provisions of the education.
BACKGROUND
This bill is the annual higher education omnibus clean-up bill
and proposes technical, non-controversial amendments to existing
law.
By tradition, if any affected agency, the Department of Finance,
or any of the four legislative caucuses objects to a provision
in the bill or one that is being considered, that particular
provision cannot be included.
ANALYSIS
This bill corrects technical errors and oversights, and makes
non-controversial and conforming changes to various provisions
of the Education code: Specifically this bill:
1. For purpose of ensuring consistency with other financial
aid programs where campuses have the option of withholding
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registration privileges, omits the provision prohibiting
the California State University (CSU) and University of
California (UC) from withholding registration privileges
should students or former students default on their DREAM
loan.
STAFF COMMENTS
1. Non-controversial amendments. Each year, there is typically
a K-12 education clean-up bill and a higher education
clean-up bill that make various non-controversial revisions
to the Education Code.
2. DREAM loan program. Existing law establishes the California
DREAM Loan Program (CDLP), a voluntary campus-based student
loan program to provide loans to UC and CSU students who
meet the requirements established by AB 540 (Firebaugh, CH.
814, 2001). (Lara, CH. 754, 2014). This bill parallels CSU
and UC's existing authority and seeks to correct an error
by aligning the DREAM loan program to be consistent with
other financial aid programs where campuses have the option
of withholding registration privileges.
3. Similar legislation. This bill is one of two Education
"clean up" bills sponsored by the Committee that makes
various non-controversial revisions to statute. SB 436, the
education omnibus bill, was heard by this Committee on
April 15th and is currently pending in the Assembly.
SUPPORT
None received.
OPPOSITION
None received.
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