BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
SB 605 (Gaines) - Community colleges: exemption from nonresident
tuition fee: Lake Tahoe Community College District.
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|Version: April 29, 2015 |Policy Vote: ED. 9 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: Yes |
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|Hearing Date: May 18, 2015 |Consultant: Jillian Kissee |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: This bill, until July 1, 2022;
1. Exempts up to 200 students in any academic year from
paying nonresident tuition fees if they attend the Lake
Tahoe Community College (LTCC) and reside in specified
communities in the State of Nevada, and
2. Permits the LTCC to count these persons as resident
full-time equivalent students (FTES) for purposes of
determining California apportionment funding.
The bill makes these provisions contingent upon, by July 1,
2021, the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges (CCC) entering into an interstate agreement with the
Nevada System of Higher Education that provides reciprocal
rights to California residents attending Western Nevada College
that reasonably conform to the benefits conferred upon Nevada
residents, pursuant to this bill.
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Fiscal
Impact: This bill results in costs to the state of
approximately $357,000 Proposition 98 General Fund (net of
tuition fee revenue and state apportionment costs). This
estimate assumes that 200 students equates to 100 FTES taking 24
semester units per year, and that these students pay the
resident tuition rate.
Background: Current law authorizes a community college district
(CCD) to admit non-resident students and requires that these
students be charged a tuition fee that is twice the amount of
the fee established for in-state resident students, with certain
specified exemptions. State statute prescribes a formula for
the calculation of the nonresident fee.
Current law prohibits nonresident students from being reported
as FTES for state apportionment purposes, except where (1) the
CCD has less than 1500 FTES and is within 10 miles of another
state and has a reciprocity agreement with that state, or (2) if
a CCD has between 1501 and 3000 FTES and is within 10 miles of
another state and has a reciprocity agreement with that state,
it can claim up to 100 FTES for state apportionment purposes.
Any nonresident student that falls into these categories and is
reported as resident FTES for state apportionment purposes is
required to pay a per unit fee that is three times the amount of
the fee established for residents. (Education Code § 76140)
Existing law authorizes the Board of Governors of the CCC to
enter into an interstate attendance agreement with any statewide
pubic agency of another state that is responsible for public
institutions of postsecondary education providing the first two
years of college instruction, and that is an agency of a state
that is a member of Western Interstate Commission for Higher
Education. (Education Code § 66801)
Proposed Law:
This bill exempts persons residing in specified communities in
the State of Nevada from paying nonresident tuition fees if they
attend the LTCC. More specifically, it:
1. Exempts up to 200 students in any academic year who
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attend LTCC from being charged nonresident student tuition
fees if they reside in one of the following communities in
Nevada:
A. Incline Village.
B. Kingsbury.
C. Round Hill.
D. Skyland.
E. Stateline.
F. Zephyr Cove.
1. Deems students to have residence in one of the
communities listed above if they lived in that community
for more than one year immediately prior to seeking the fee
exemption.
2. Requires the LTCC to adopt rules and regulations for
determining a student's residence classification and for
establishing procedures to appeal and review this
determination.
3. Authorizes the LTCC to report nonresident students who
are exempt from paying nonresident fees pursuant to the
bill's provisions as resident full-time equivalent students
(FTES) for state apportionment purposes.
4. Sunsets these provisions on July 1, 2022.
The bill makes these provisions contingent upon, by July 1,
2021, the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges enters into an interstate agreement with the Nevada
System of Higher Education that provides reciprocal rights to
California residents attending Western Nevada College that
reasonably conform to the benefits conferred upon Nevada
residents, pursuant to this bill.
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