BILL NUMBER: AB 2133 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Blumenfield
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend Sections 66025.8 and 68075.5 of the Education
Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2133, as introduced, Blumenfield. Veterans: priority
registration and resident classification.
(1) Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the
missions and functions of the public institutions of higher
education in the state, which include the California Community
Colleges, the California State University, and the University of
California. Existing law requires the California State University and
each community college district, and requests the University of
California, to grant priority registration for enrollment to a member
or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, who is a
resident of California, and who has received an honorable discharge,
a general discharge, or an other than honorable discharge, and to any
member or former member of the State Military Reserve who has not
received a specified discharge, for any academic term attended at one
of these institutions within 4 years of leaving state or federal
active duty.
This bill also would require the California State University and
each community college district, and request the University of
California, to grant priority registration for enrollment to those
persons who served active duty in Iraq since that conflict began in
2003, or in Afghanistan since that conflict began in 2001, for any
academic term attended at one of these institutions, not just those
academic terms within 4 years of leaving state or federal active
duty. The bill also would require the priority registration for
enrollment to apply to enrollment for all degree programs offered by
the institution.
(2) Existing law defines a resident for purposes of tuition as a
student who has a residence in the state for more than one year
immediately preceding the residence determination date. Existing law
entitles a student who was a member of the Armed Forces of the United
States stationed in this state on active duty for more than one year
immediately before being discharged to resident classification for a
specified time period.
This bill would require those students to become residents after
having a residence in the state for more than 6 months, instead of
one year.
(3) By requiring community college districts to provide priority
registration for enrollment and a resident classification, as
specified, 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 66025.8 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
66025.8. (a) 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
as follows:
(1) To a member or former member
of the Armed Forces of the United States, and who is a resident of
California, who has received an honorable discharge, a general
discharge, or an other than honorable discharge, and to any member or
former member of the State Military Reserve, for any academic term
attended at one of these institutions within four years of leaving
state or federal active duty. A
(2) To a person described in paragraph (1) who served in active
duty in Iraq since that conflict began in March 2003, or in
Afghanistan since that conflict began in 2001, for any academic term
attended at one of these institutions.
(b) A former member of the Armed
Forces of the United States or the State Military Reserve who
received a dishonorable discharge or a bad conduct discharge is not
eligible for priority registration for enrollment pursuant to this
section.
(c) The priority registration for enrollment provided pursuant to
this section shall apply to enrollment for all degree programs
offered by the institution.
(b)
(d) (1) For the purposes of this section, "Armed Forces
of the United States" means the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine
Corps, National Guard, Naval Militia, Navy, and the reserve
components of each of those forces, including the California National
Guard.
(2) 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. Section 68075.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:
68075.5. (a) A student who was a member of
the armed forces Armed Forces of the
United States stationed in this state on active duty for more than
one year immediately prior to before
being discharged from the armed forces is entitled to resident
classification for the length of time he or she lives in this state
after being discharged up to the minimum time necessary to become a
resident.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 68017, a person described in
subdivision (a) shall become a resident upon having a residence,
pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 68060), in the state
for more than six months immediately preceding the residence
determination date.
SEC. 3. 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.