BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 669
Author: Fong (D), et al
Amended: 9/3/09 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 6/17/09
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Maldonado,
Padilla, Simitian, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 12-0, 07/13/09
AYES: Kehoe, Cox, Corbett, Denham, Hancock, Leno, Price,
Runner, Walters, Wolk, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 5/14/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Postsecondary education: residency
requirements
SOURCE : California Community Colleges Chancellors
Office
DIGEST : This bill allows entering students who currently
reside in California, 19 years of age and younger who were
wards of the state or who were served by California's child
welfare system may be classified as residents for tuition
purposes until they have resided in the state for the
minimum time needed to become residents.
Senate Floor Amendments of 9/3/09 authorize, rather than
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require, current and former foster youth to be entitled to
resident classification. They also clarify that the
student must currently reside in California. This
addresses Department of Finance concerns.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes uniform residency
requirements for purposes of ascertaining the amount of
fees to be paid by students at the University of California
(UC), California State University (CSU), and the California
Community Colleges (CCC) and establishes various exceptions
to these residency requirements.
Background
When foster youth turn 18 years old, they are emancipated
and expected to be independent, averaging approximately
4,000 each year in California. Only 20 percent of those who
graduate from high school attempt to attend college,
compared to 60 percent of their peers. CCC served
approximately 6,000 self-identified former foster youth in
2007-08. California has enacted several programs to help
foster youth transition to postsecondary education, yet
only one percent-five percent graduate from college.
Purpose of this bill . According to the author's office,
this bill ensures that foster youth do not have to
establish residency, which takes one year and one day,
before pursuing a higher education at UC, CSU, or CCC,
eliminating a barrier to higher education that results from
paying higher nonresident tuition fees.
Requirements for residency . In order to be considered a
California resident for tuition purposes at UC, CSU, or
CCC, students must have resided in California for one year
and one day immediately prior to a date established by the
segments to determine residency for that term, semester, or
quarter. The segments also determine the documentation
required as proof of residency. In general, students'
residency extends from their parents. Another path to
residency is provided by AB 540 (Firebaugh), Chapter 814,
Statutes of 2001, which exempts specified nonresidents of
California from paying nonresident tuition at CSU and CCC
if they attended a California high school for three or more
years, as specified.
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Foster youth residency . The state has authorized several
exceptions to the residency requirement, including
self-supporting students, certain minor students, students
under the care of an adult other than their parents, Native
American students, Olympic athletes training in California,
and members of the armed forces and their dependents, among
others. While many foster youth qualify for some of these
exceptions, recently emancipated foster youth who have not
been under the care of an adult for at least two years do
not. Further, because foster youth may be moved around in
placement, the documentation of continuous care and control
can be very burdensome.
AB 540 should provide residency for foster youth at UC and
CSU, where a high school diploma is required for admission;
however, CCC also educate students who have not graduated
from high school, providing them an opportunity to continue
their education.
Resident v. nonresident fees . The fees charged to
non-California residents are intended to cover the cost of
the subsidy that is generated by California taxpayers.
Tuition and fees for a full-time undergraduate student in
2008-09, not including registration and education fees,
are:
Resident Nonresident
UC $7,126 $27,724
CSU $3,048 $10,170
CCC $20 per unit $190 per unit for a 30 unit
academic year
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/14/09)(unable to reverify at time
of writing)
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (source)
All Saints Church Foster Care Project
Bakersfield College
California Community Colleges Student Financial Aid
Administrators Association
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California Postsecondary Education Commission
California Teachers Association
Chabot Las Positas Community College District
City College of San Francisco
College of the Canyons
College of the Desert
Community College League
Cuyamaca College
El Camino Community College District
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Fullerton College
Imperial Valley College
Kern Community College District
Los Angeles Community College District
Los Rios Community College District
Mira Costa Community College District
Mount San Antonio College
Peralta Community College District
Riverside Community College District
San Jose-Evergreen Community College District
San Mateo County Community College District
Student Senate for California Community Colleges
University of California
West Kern Community College District
Yuba Community College District
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill Berryhill,
Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Brownley,
Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro,
Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,
Duvall, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuller, Furutani, Galgiani, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall,
Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Silva, Skinner,
Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres,
Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada
NO VOTE RECORDED: Ammiano, Fuentes, Gaines, Garrick,
Saldana, Smyth, Bass
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DLW:nl 9/4/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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