BILL NUMBER: AB 2093	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 89350) to Chapter
3 of Part 55 of Division 8 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
relating to foster youth education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2093, as introduced, Skinner. Foster Youth Higher Education
Preparation and Support Act of 2012.
   Existing law establishes the segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state, including the University of California
administered by the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University administered by the Trustees of the
California State University, and the California Community Colleges
administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges. Existing law establishes the Higher Education Outreach and
Assistance Act for Emancipated Foster Youth, which requires the
Trustees of the California State University and the Board of
Governors of the California Community Colleges to perform specified
services to assist emancipated foster youth.
   This bill would enact the Foster Youth Higher Education
Preparation and Support Act of 2012, which would additionally require
the California State University, and request the California
Community Colleges and the University of California, to establish
foster youth campus support programs, which are separate from the
Higher Education Outreach and Assistance Act for Emancipated Foster
Youth, to provide comprehensive support and outreach to current and
former foster youth in an effort to retain foster youth in higher
education. The bill would request campuses of the California
Community Colleges, California State University, and University of
California to designate a foster youth campus support program
coordinator using new or existing resources. The bill would require
the State Department of Social Services to annually notify foster
youth 13 years of age or older, and those foster youths' caregivers,
of the postsecondary educational support provided to them pursuant to
this bill.
   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.  Article 6 (commencing with Section 89350) is added to
Chapter 3 of Part 55 of Division 8 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 6.  Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and
Support Act of 2012


   89350.  (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2012.
   (b) It is the intent of this article to provide comprehensive
support to students who are current or former foster youth on public
postsecondary educational institution campuses.
   89351.  (a) The California State University shall, and the
California Community Colleges and the University of California are
requested to, establish foster youth campus support programs to
provide comprehensive support and outreach to current and former
foster youth in an effort to retain foster youth in higher education.

   (b) Campuses of the California Community Colleges, California
State University, and University of California are requested to
designate a foster youth campus support program coordinator using new
or existing resources.
   89352.  The State Department of Social Services shall annually
notify foster youth 13 years of age or older, and those foster youths'
caregivers, of the postsecondary educational support provided to
them pursuant to this article.