BILL ANALYSIS �
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 2000|
|Office of Senate Floor Analyses | |
|1020 N Street, Suite 524 | |
|(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | |
|327-4478 | |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2000
Author: Gomez (D), et al.
Amended: 6/18/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/11/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Huff, Monning
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 68-2, 5/28/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Eligibility for nonresident tuition exemption
SOURCE : Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles
Coalition for Humane Immigrants Rights of Los
Angeles
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
DIGEST : This bill expands eligibility for the exemption from
paying nonresident tuition at California's public postsecondary
institutions established under the provisions of AB 540
(Firebaugh, Chapter 814, Statutes of 2001) to students who
attained credits earned in California from a California high
school equivalent to three or more years of full-time high
school coursework, and a total of three or more years of
attendance in California elementary schools, California
secondary schools, or a combination thereof.
CONTINUED
AB 2000
Page
2
ANALYSIS : Existing law, established by AB 540, exempts
specified California nonresidents from paying nonresident
tuition at the University of California (UC), California State
University (CSU), and the California Community Colleges (CCCs)
if they meet all of the following:
1. Attended a California high school for three or more years.
2. Graduated from a California high school or attained an
equivalent degree.
3. Registered or attended an accredited California higher
education institution not before fall of the 2001-02 academic
year.
4. Filed an affidavit, if an alien without lawful immigration
status, stating that the student has filed an application to
legalize their immigration status or will file such an
application as soon as they are eligible to so do.
This bill modifies the provisions of AB 540 to additionally
exempt California nonresidents from paying resident tuition at
the UC, CSU and CCC, if they have attained credits earned in
California from a California high school equivalent to three or
more years of full-time high school coursework, and a total of
three or more years of attendance in California elementary
schools, California secondary schools, or a combination thereof.
Prior legislation
SB 141 (Correa, Chapter 576, Statutes of 2013) required the CSU
and CCC districts, and requested the UC, to exempt from
non-resident tuition charges, under specified circumstances, a
United States citizen who moved abroad as a result of his/her
parent's deportation.
SB 150 (Lara, Chapter 575, Statutes of 2013) authorized a CCC
district to exempt pupils attending community colleges as
special part-time students from paying nonresident tuition as a
means of extending in-state tuition benefits to high school
students who would ultimately be eligible for AB 540 benefits
upon graduation.
CONTINUED
AB 2000
Page
3
AB 1899 (Mitchell, Chapter 509, Statute of 2012) grants students
who are noncitizen victims of trafficking, domestic violence and
other serious crimes (T and U visa students) the same exemption
from nonresident tuition and eligibility to apply for and
participate in state and institutional financial aid programs as
that extended to AB 540 students.
AB 130 (Cedillo, Chapter 93, Statutes of 2011,) authorized AB
540 students to be eligible for campus scholarships derived from
non-state funds.
AB 131 (Cedillo, Chapter 604, Statutes of 2011,) established the
California Dream Act, which expanded eligibility for state
administered financial aid benefits to AB 540 students.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Unknown, but potentially significant loss of tuition at UC,
CSU, and the CCC to the extent that the students who leave for
a total of three or more years, will be newly eligible for
in-state tuition will have otherwise attended those segments
and paid out-of-state tuition.
State financial aid: Potentially significant state costs to
increase the number of students who could be eligible for
CalGrants and CCC Board of Governors fee waivers.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/15/14)
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (co-source)
Coalition for Humane Immigrants' Rights of Los Angeles
(co-source)
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (co-source)
American Civil Liberties Union of California
API Equality - Los Angeles
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus
Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council
Asian Students Promoting Immigrant Rights through Education Los
Angeles
CONTINUED
AB 2000
Page
4
California Communities United Institute
California Immigrant Policy Center
California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance
Californians Together
Carwash Coalition
Central American Resource Center - Los Angeles
Chancellor's Office California Community College
Community College League of California
Community Labor Environment Action Network
Dream Team Los Angeles
Educators for Fair Consideration
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
IDEAS at UCLA
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Los Angeles Community College District
Los Angeles Immigrant Youth Coalition
Los Rios Community College District
National Association of Social Workers
National Immigration Law Center
Public Counsel
Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network
South Asian Network
Yosemite Community College District
Youth Policy Institute
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The author's office notes that in
California, high school students can participate in accelerated
learning programs in order to graduate early. Students that
accelerate their learning (e.g. through concurrent community
college enrollment to obtain high school credits) and graduate
ahead of completing the three-year high school attendance
requirement are ineligible for benefits and financial assistance
which might otherwise be available to them under the provisions
of AB 540. According to the author's office, this bill will
ensure that students who graduate early from high school are not
later penalized and ineligible for the benefits that would have
otherwise been extended to them as AB 540 students.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 68-2, 5/28/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla,
Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Ch�vez, Chesbro, Cooley, Dababneh, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman,
Fong, Fox, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez,
CONTINUED
AB 2000
Page
5
Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hern�ndez,
Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Perea, John A. P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez,
Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Weber, Wieckowski, Williams,
Yamada, Atkins
NOES: Donnelly, Harkey
NO VOTE RECORDED: Allen, Bigelow, Conway, Dahle, Frazier,
Mansoor, Patterson, Waldron, Wilk, Vacancy
PQ:d 8/16/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
**** END ****
CONTINUED