BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1393
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1393 (Skinner)
As Amended June 24, 2009
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |80-0 |(May 11, 2009) |SENATE: |32-2 |(August 27, |
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Original Committee Reference: HIGHER ED.
SUMMARY: Requests the California Community Colleges (CCC) and
the University of California (UC), and requires the California
State University (CSU), in order to ensure stable housing for
current and former foster youth, to give priority for campus
housing to current and former foster youth with first priority
for housing open for uninterrupted year-round occupation and
next priority for housing open for occupation most days during
the calendar year.
The Senate amendments clarify that foster youth shall be given
priority only for housing facilities for which they are already
eligible.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill requested CCC and UC, and
required the CSU to give priority for campus housing to current
and former foster youth, but did not specify that the foster
youth needed to otherwise be eligible for that housing.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, CSU
indicates no fiscal impact. To the extent UC and CCC decide to
give priority for campus housing to former foster youth,
administrative costs should be minor and absorbable.
COMMENTS : According to the author's office, the amendments
taken in the Senate are intended to clarify that current and
former foster youth would only be given first priority for
campus housing for which they are already eligible. For
example, a freshman undergraduate current or former foster youth
would be given priority in housing designed for freshman
undergraduate students, but not for graduate student housing or
family housing.
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A college degree is one of the best roads to self-sufficiency;
however, few foster youth continue education after high school
and those that do often encounter significant barriers that
hinder their ability to succeed. Fewer than 10% of foster youth
who graduate from high school go on to college, and fewer than
3% of foster youth who go on to college ever graduate. This
bill seeks to provide priority housing for former and current
foster youth on CCC, CSU, and UC campuses. Many former foster
youth lack permanent relationships after leaving care, and even
if they are fortunate enough to obtain campus housing, they have
no place to live between semesters and school years. Providing
priority housing and first priority for housing open year-round
will help provide former and current foster youth with added
stability in their quest to succeed in college.
Analysis Prepared by: Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916)
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