AB 2160, as amended, Ting. Cal Grant Program: grade point average.
The Cal Grant Program establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions.
A provision of the program specifies that the commission shall require that a grade point average be submitted, as specified, to the commission for Cal Grant A and B applicants, except for those applicants permitted to provide test scores in lieu of a grade point average.
This bill would require that this grade point average be submitted electronically for all high school seniors at public schoolsbegin insert, including charter schools,end insert each academic year, all high school graduates at public schoolsbegin insert, including charter schools,end insert from the prior academic year, and all other Cal Grant A and B applicants, except those permitted to provide test scores in lieu of a grade point average, and provide that grade point averages submitted shall be subject to review by the commission or its designee.begin insert The bill would condition these requirements upon the school district or charter school obtaining written permission of the parent or guardian in compliance with a specified federal law.end insert To the extent that this provision would impose new duties on local educational agencies and community college districts, it would constitute 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 69432.9 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:
(a) A Cal Grant applicant shall submit a complete
4official financial aid application pursuant to Section 69433 and
5applicable regulations adopted by the commission.
6(b) Financial need shall be determined to establish an applicant’s
7initial eligibility for a Cal Grant award and a renewing recipient’s
8continued eligibility using the federal financial need methodology
9pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 69506 and applicable
10regulations adopted by the commission, and as established by Title
11IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20
12U.S.C. Secs. 1070 et seq.).
13(1) “Expected family contribution,” with respect to
an applicant
14or renewing recipient shall be determined using the federal
15methodology pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 69506 (as
P3 1established by Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of
21965, as amended (20 U.S.C. Secs. 1070 et seq.)) and applicable
3rules and regulations adopted by the commission.
4(2) “Financial need” means the difference between the student’s
5cost of attendance as determined by the commission and the
6expected family contribution. The calculation of financial need
7shall be consistent with Title IV of the federal Higher Education
8Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. Secs. 1070 et seq.).
9(3) (A) The minimum financial need required for receipt of an
10initial and renewal Cal Grant A or C award shall be no less than
11the maximum annual
award value for the applicable institution,
12plus an additional one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) of
13financial need.
14(B) The minimum financial need required for receipt of an initial
15and renewal Cal Grant B award shall be no less than seven hundred
16dollars ($700).
17(c) begin deleteThe end deletebegin insertExcept as provided in subdivision (d), the end insertcommission
18shall require that a grade point average be submitted for all high
19school seniors at public schoolsbegin insert, including charter schools,end insert each
20academic year, all high school graduates at public schoolsbegin insert,
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including charter schools,end insert from the prior academic year, and all
22other Cal Grant A and B applicants, except those permitted to
23provide test scores in lieu of a grade point average. The commission
24shall require that each report of a grade point average be submitted
25electronically by a school or school district official, with a
26certification, under penalty of perjury, that the grade point average
27reported is accurately reported. A submitted grade point average
28shall be subject to review by the commission or its designee. The
29commission shall adopt regulations that establish a grace period
30for receipt of the grade point average and any appropriate
31corrections, and that set forth the circumstances under which a
32student may submit a specified test score designated by the
33commission, by regulation, in lieu of submitting a qualifying grade
34point average. It is the intent of the
Legislature that high schools
35and institutions of higher education electronically submit the grade
36point averages of their students in time to meet the application
37deadlines imposed by this chapter.
38(d) Prior to submitting the grade point average of a pupil who
39has not applied for a Cal Grant award, the school district or
40charter school shall obtain written permission of the parent or
P4 1guardian in compliance with the federal Family Educational Rights
2and Privacy Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g).
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
4this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
5local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
6pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
74 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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