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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 947
          Author:   Brownley (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  :  6-2, 6/17/09
          AYES:  Romero, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Maldonado, Simitian
          NOES:  Huff, Wyland 
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Padilla

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  52-21, 5/14/09 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Community college districts:  nonresident  
          tuition

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill authorizes a community college  
          district to charge a facilities fee to any nonresident  
          student, in addition to the nonresident tuition fee.   
          Currently, a facilities fee may only be charged to students  
          who are both citizens and residents of a foreign country.   
          The fee amount shall not exceed the amount that was  
          expended by the district for capital purposes in the  
          preceding fiscal year divided by the total full-time  
          equivalent students of the district in the preceding fiscal  
          year.  The facilities fees may only be used to fund capital  
          outlay, maintenance and equipment.
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           ANALYSIS  :    

           Existing Law

           1.Allows a California Community College (CCC) district to  
            charge a nonresident tuition fee to nonresident students,  
            with certain exceptions, and requires the fee to be set  
            according to a formula that divides the expense of  
            education in the CCC district by the number of full-time  
            equivalent students attending the CCC district in a  
            preceding year.

          2.Allows CCC districts to charge a capital outlay fee in  
            addition to the nonresident tuition fee to nonresident  
            students who are both citizens and residents of a foreign  
            country as specified.

           Who Currently Charges the Fee  ?  According to the CCC  
          Chancellor's office, 35 of 108 CCC districts currently  
          charge a capital outlay fee to foreign nonresident  
          students.  The fee ranges from a low of $5 per unit to a  
          high of $50 per unit.  The average fee is $8 per unit.  In  
          addition to this fee, the statewide average for nonresident  
          students is $190 per unit (from a low of $115 per unit to a  
          high of $239) whereas resident students pay $20 per unit.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  6/26/09)

          Community College League
          Long Beach City College
          Santa Monica College

           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    According to the author's office,  
          this bill addresses an inequity in current law.  Resident  
          students theoretically support capital improvements through  
          their taxes, and current law allows CCC districts to charge  
          foreign students nonresident fees for capital outlay;  
          however, nonresident students who are U.S. citizens do not  
          pay capital outlay fees, even though they use the  
          facilities in the same way as resident and foreign  







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          students.


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Arambula, Beall, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block,  
            Blumenfield, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles  
            Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De  
            Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Furutani,  
            Galgiani, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,  
            Jones, Krekorian, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza,  
            Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, John A. Perez, V. Manuel  
            Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Skinner,  
            Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Yamada
          NOES:  Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Conway, Cook,  
            DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson, Fuller, Gilmore, Hagman,  
            Harkey, Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Miller, Nielsen, Silva,  
            Audra Strickland, Tran, Villines
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Ammiano, Fuentes, Gaines, Garrick,  
            Saldana, Smyth, Bass


          DLW:cm  6/29/09   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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