BILL NUMBER: AB 2133 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 21, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Blumenfield
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend Sections 66025.8 and 68075.5
Section 66025.8 of the Education Code, relating to public
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2133, as amended, Blumenfield. Veterans: priority
registration and resident classification.
registration.
(1) Existing
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. enact the Combat to College Act
of 2012, which would extend the period during which those
institutions are required, and requested, to grant priority
registration for enrollment to within 15 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
and certificate 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
By requiring community college districts to provide
priority registration for enrollment and a resident
classification, as specified for additional years
, 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. This act shall be known, and may be
cited, as the Combat to College Act of 2012.
SECTION 1. SEC. 2. 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 as follows:
(1) To a
to any 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 15 years of
leaving state or federal active duty.
(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 and
certificate programs offered by the institution.
(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 of
the United States stationed in this state on active duty for more
than one year immediately 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.