BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1895
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1895 (Ruskin)
As Amended April 5, 2010
Majority vote
HIGHER EDUCATION 9-0
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|Ayes:|Block, Norby, Adams, | | |
| |Chesbro, Fong, Fuller, | | |
| |Galgiani, Portantino, | | |
| |Ruskin | | |
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SUMMARY : Revises existing law pertaining to residency for
tuition purposes at a California public postsecondary education
institution, to be gender neutral.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
COMMENTS : 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.
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. 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.
Analysis Prepared by : Sandra Fried / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960
FN: 0004169