BILL NUMBER: SB 361	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Runner

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to amend Section 66025.8 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 361, as introduced, Runner. Public postsecondary education:
Armed Forces service.
   (1) Existing law requires the California State University and each
community college district, and requests the University of
California, with respect to each campus in their respective
jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant
priority for registration for enrollment to any member or former
member of the Armed Forces of the United States for any academic term
attended at one of these institutions within 2 years of leaving
active duty.
   This bill would specify that these priority registration
provisions apply to any member or former member of the Armed Forces
of the United States who has received an honorable discharge. By
establishing revised requirements relating to student eligibility for
priority registration for community college districts, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66025.8 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   66025.8.  The California State University and each community
college district shall, and the University of California is requested
to, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions
that administers a priority enrollment system, grant priority in that
system for registration for enrollment to any member or former
member of the Armed Forces of the United States  who has received
an honorable discharge,  for any academic term attended at one
of these institutions within two years of leaving active duty. As
used in this section, "member or former member of the Armed Forces of
the United States" includes, but is not necessarily limited to, any
student who is called to active military duty compelling that student
to take an academic leave of absence.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.