BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 194 (Beall)
As Amended March 24, 2011
Majority vote
HIGHER EDUCATION 7-2 APPROPRIATIONS 13-2
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|Ayes:|Block, Achadjian, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, |
| |Brownley, Fong, Galgiani, | |Blumenfield, Bradford, |
| |Lara, Portantino | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| | | |Davis, Gatto, Hill, Lara, |
| | | |Mitchell, Nielsen, |
| | | |Solorio |
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|Nays:|Donnelly, Miller |Nays:|Donnelly, Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Requires each campus of the California State University
(CSU) and the California Community Colleges (CCC), and requests the
University of California (UC), to give priority in enrollment in
classes to foster youth and to former foster youth up to 24 years of
age.
FISCAL EFFECT :
1)CSU indicates minor one-time information technology costs of about
$41,000 for 15 campuses to implement priority registration for
foster youth. (The remaining eight CSU campuses already provide
such priority registration.) UC and CCC campuses would incur
minor absorbable costs to implement the priority registration.
2)To the extent providing priority registration for classes
increases the success rate of these students, there could be state
and local savings for services that might otherwise be provided to
foster youth and former foster youth.
COMMENTS : There are currently between 600 and 800 former foster
youth attending UC, 1,200 attending CSU, and 6,500 attending CCC.
According to a December 2005 report by the Institute for Higher
Education Policy entitled, "Higher Education Opportunities for
Foster Youth," of the foster youth who complete high school and are
college qualified, only about 20% enrolled in higher education
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compared to about 60% of their peers.
Priority registration enrollment decisions are made at the campus
level at each segment. This process allows specified students
access to classes ahead of the general student population. As state
support for higher education has decreased while enrollments have
increased at the three segments, classes have become increasingly
impacted-unable to accommodate all students who enroll in the
course. Thus, students who have priority registration enrollment
status have a significant advantage over other students,
particularly at CCC.
Campuses have wide discretion in how they assign priority, although
current law provides that priority be given current and former
members of the United States Armed Forces for two years upon leaving
active duty.
Analysis Prepared by : Sandra Fried / HIGHER ED. / (916) 319-3960
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