BILL NUMBER: AB 1899 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 20, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Mitchell
( Coauthor: Assembly Member
Portantino )
( Coauthor: Senator Correa
)
FEBRUARY 22, 2012
An act to add Sections 68122 and ,
69504.5 , and 76301 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1899, as amended, Mitchell. Nonresident tuition
exemption and financial aid eligibility: Postsecondary
education benefits: crime victims.
Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the
missions and functions of the public and independent institutions of
higher 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, by appropriate resolution,
make them applicable. Existing law exempts specified students from
paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the
California Community Colleges and establishes financial aid programs
for students, as specified. Existing law requires the governing
board of each community college district to charge
resident students a fee of $46 per unit per semester and
to waive that fee for specified students.
This bill would require students who are victims of trafficking,
domestic violence, and other serious crimes , as defined,
who have been granted a specified status under federal
law, to be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at the
California State University and the California Community Colleges,
and to be eligible to apply for, and participate in, all student
financial aid programs and scholarships administered by a public
postsecondary educational institution or the State of California, to
the same extent as individuals who are admitted to the United States
as refugees under specified federal law. The bill would request the
University of California to adopt policies that are consistent with
the provisions of the bill. those provisions.
The bill would also require community college districts to waive the
fees of those students to the same extent as individuals who are
admitted to the United States as refugees under specified federal
law.
To the extent the bill would place additional requirements on
community college districts to exempt those students from nonresident
tuition, and administer financial aid programs
and scholarships , and provide fee waivers to those
students, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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 68122 is added to the Education Code, to read:
68122. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, students who are
victims of trafficking, domestic violence, and other serious crimes
, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 18945 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code, who have been granted a
status under Section 1 101(a)(15)(T)(i) or (ii), or
Section 1101(a)(15)(U)(i) or (ii), of Title 8 of the United States
Code shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at the
California State University and the California Community Colleges to
the same extent as individuals who are admitted to the United States
as refugees under Section 1157 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
(b) The University of California is requested to adopt policies
that are consistent with this section.
SEC. 2. Section 69504.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:
69504.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, students who are
victims of trafficking, domestic violence, and other serious crimes
, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 18945 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code, who have been granted a
status under Section 1101(a)(15)(T)(i) or (ii), or Section 1101(a)
(15)(U)(i) or (ii), of Title 8 of the United States Code
shall be eligible to apply for, and participate in, all student
financial aid programs and scholarships administered by a public
postsecondary educational institution or the State of California to
the same extent as individuals who are admitted to the United States
as refugees under Section 1157 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
(b) The University of California is requested to adopt policies
that are consistent with this section.
SEC. 3. Section 76301 is added to the
Education Code , to read:
76301. Notwithstanding any other law, a district shall waive the
fees of a student who is a victim of trafficking, domestic violence,
and other serious crimes who has been granted a status under Section
1101(a)(15)(T)(i) or (ii), or Section 1101(a)(15)(U)(i) or (ii), of
Title 8 of the United States Code to the same extent as individuals
who are admitted to the United States as refugees under Section 1157
of Title 8 of the United States Code.
SEC. 3. SEC. 4. 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.