BILL NUMBER: AB 970	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

    An act relating to student financial aid.  
An act to add Section 66025.1 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 970, as amended, Fong.  Student  
Systemwide student fees: student  financial aid  :
 report. 
   (1) Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets
forth the missions and functions of the segments of public
postsecondary education in the state. The California State
University, which is governed by the Trustees of the California State
University, and the University of California, which is governed by
the Regents of the University of California, are 2 of the segments of
public postsecondary education. The provisions of the Donahoe Higher
Education Act apply to the University of California only to the
extent that the Regents of the University of California act by
resolution to make them applicable.  
   Under existing law, the California State University and the
University of California are authorized to charge fees to students
attending their respective institutions.  
   This bill would add a provision to the Donahoe Higher Education
Act requiring any systemwide fees charged to resident students at the
California State University and the University of California to be
known, and referred to, as "systemwide fees" or "fees," and would
provide that these fees shall not be known or referred to as
"tuition." The bill would require references to those fees in any
policies, rules, or regulations of the California State University
and the University of California to be consistent with the
requirement that the fees be known and referred to as "fees" and not
"tuition."  
   Existing 
    (2)     Existing  law establishes
various student financial aid programs under the administration of
the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements
for the receipt of awards under those programs for participating
students attending qualifying institutions.
   This bill would require the commission, no later than July 31,
2012, to provide a report to the Legislature that details the
policies and interactions between various state and federal financial
aid programs, including the interaction between systemwide and
campus-based student fees, institutional financial aid at the
University of California and the California State University, Cal
Grants, and federal financial aid programs.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that
financially needy students be able to access public colleges and
universities.
   (b) No later than July 31, 2012, the Student Aid Commission shall
provide a report to the Legislature that details the policies and
interactions between the various state and federal financial aid
programs, including the interaction between systemwide and
campus-based student fees, institutional financial aid at the
University of California and the California State University, Cal
Grants, and federal financial aid programs.
   (c) A report submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (d) This section is inoperative on January 1, 2016, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
   SEC. 2.    Section 66025.1 is added to the  
Education Code   , to read:  
   66025.1.  (a) Any systemwide fees charged to resident students at
the California State University and the University of California
shall be known, and shall be referred to, as "systemwide fees" or
"fees" and shall not be known or referred to as "tuition."
   (b) All references to systemwide fees charged to resident students
by the California State University and the University of California,
including references in any policies, rules, or regulations of those
institutions, shall be consistent with subdivision (a).