BILL NUMBER: AB 1301	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Knight

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 68074 of the Education Code, relating to
student fees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1301, as introduced, Knight. Student fees: resident
classification.
   Under existing law, the 3 segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state are the University of California, which
is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of
the California State University, and the California Community
Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges.
   Existing law establishes uniform student residency requirements
for purposes of ascertaining the amount of tuition and fees to be
paid by students enrolled in public postsecondary education
institutions. Existing law entitles an undergraduate student who is a
specified dependent of a member of the Armed Forces of the United
States stationed in this state on active duty to resident
classification for the purpose of determining the amount of tuition
and fees. Existing law entitles a student seeking a graduate degree
who is a specified dependent of a member of the Armed Forces of the
United States stationed in this state on active duty to resident
classification for the purpose of determining the amount of tuition
and fees for no more than one academic year. Existing law requires
that, if that member of the Armed Forces of the United States whose
dependent natural or adopted child, stepchild, or spouse is in
attendance at an institution is (1) thereafter transferred on
military orders to a place outside this state where the member
continues to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States, or (2)
thereafter retired as an active member of the Armed Forces of the
United States, the student dependent does not lose his or her
resident classification until he or she has resided in the state the
minimum time necessary to become a resident.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in the
provisions related to residency classification for dependents of
members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 68074 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   68074.  (a) (1) An undergraduate student who is a natural or
adopted child, stepchild, or spouse who is a dependent of a member of
the  armed forces   Armed Forces  of the
United States stationed in this state on active duty  shall
be  is  entitled to resident classification only
for the purpose of determining the amount of tuition and fees.
   (2) A student seeking a graduate degree who is a natural or
adopted child, stepchild, or spouse who is a dependent of a member of
the  armed forces   Armed Forces  of the
United States stationed in this state on active duty  shall
be   is  entitled to resident classification only
for the purpose of determining the amount of tuition and fees for no
more than one academic year, and  shall thereafter be
  is thereafter  subject to Article 5 (commencing
with Section 68060).
   (b) If that member of the  armed forces  
Armed Forces  of the United States, whose dependent natural or
adopted child, stepchild, or spouse is in attendance at an
institution, (1) is thereafter transferred on military orders to a
place outside this state where the member continues to serve in the
 armed forces   Armed Forces  of the United
States, or (2) is thereafter retired as an active member of the
 armed forces   Armed Forces  of the United
States, the student dependent shall not lose his or her resident
classification until he or she has resided in the state the minimum
time necessary to become a resident.