BILL NUMBER: SB 906	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Beall
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Block, Hall, Hancock, Leno, Liu,
McGuire, Mendoza, Mitchell, Runner, Wieckowski, and Wolk)
   (  Coauthor:   Assembly Member 
 Gordon   Coauthors:   Assembly Members
  Cristina Garcia,   Gordon,   and Holden
 )

                        JANUARY 25, 2016

   An act to amend Sections 66025.9 and 66025.91 of the Education
Code, relating to public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 906, as amended, Beall. Public postsecondary education:
priority enrollment systems.
   (1) Existing law requires the California State University and each
community college district, and requests the University of
California, with respect to each campus in their respective
jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant
priority for registration for enrollment to foster youth or former
foster youth, as defined. Existing law repeals these requirements on
January 1, 2017.
   This bill would revise the definition of foster youth or former
foster youth for these provisions. This bill would extend the
operation of these provisions indefinitely. By extending the
operation of requirements relating to student eligibility for
priority registration at community college districts, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2) Existing law requires each community college district, with
respect to each campus in its jurisdiction that administers a
priority enrollment system, to grant priority for registration for
enrollment to students in the Community College Extended Opportunity
Programs and Services program and to disabled students who are
determined to be eligible for disabled student programs and services,
as provided. Existing law repeals these requirements on January 1,
2017.
   This bill would extend the operation of those provisions
indefinitely. By extending the operation of requirements relating to
student eligibility for priority registration at community college
districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
   (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66025.9 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   66025.9.  (a) The California State University and each community
college district shall, and the University of California is requested
to, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions
that administers a priority enrollment system, grant priority in that
system for registration for enrollment to a foster youth or former
foster youth.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "foster youth or former foster
youth" means a person in California whose dependency was established
or continued by the court on or after the youth's 16th birthday and
who is no older than 25 years of age at the commencement of the
academic year.
  SEC. 2.  Section 66025.91 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   66025.91.  Each community college district, with respect to each
campus in its jurisdiction that administers a priority enrollment
system, shall grant priority registration for enrollment to students
in the Community College Extended Opportunity Programs and Services
program, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 
69640),   69640) of Chapter 2 of Part 42,  and
disabled students, within the meaning of the federal Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.), who are
determined to be eligible for disabled student programs and services
pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 67300) and Section
84850.
  SEC. 3.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.