BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1895
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Date of Hearing: May 4, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Marty Block, Chair
AB 1895 (Ruskin) - As Amended: April 5, 2010
SUBJECT : Public postsecondary education: residence.
SUMMARY : Revises existing law pertaining to residency for
tuition purposes at a California public postsecondary education
institution, to be gender neutral.
FISCAL EFFECT : This bill is tagged non-fiscal.
COMMENTS : Background : Existing law requires every student to
be classified as a resident or nonresident at public
postsecondary institutions in the state and requires certain
rules to be observed in determining the place of residence of a
person, including, but not limited to, the rule that a woman's
residence shall not be derivative from that of her husband.
Purpose of this bill : This bill would revise that rule to
require that a person's residence shall not be derivative from
that of his or her spouse, making the language gender neutral
and consistent with other code sections. It is also the
author's intent to use this bill as a vehicle for legislation
that may emerge from the work of the Joint Committee on the
Master Plan for Higher Education (Joint Committee). The Joint
Committee will meet on May 4, 2010, to discuss options for
outcomes from the Joint Committee's work.
Related legislation : AB 1901 (Ruskin), which was approved by
this Committee on April 20, is the other vehicle for the work of
the Joint Committee.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
AB 1895
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Analysis Prepared by : Sandra Fried / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960