California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2467


Introduced by Assembly Member Nestande

February 21, 2014


An act relating to student financial aid.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2467, as introduced, Nestande. Student financial aid: veterans.

Existing law, commencing January 1 of the 2009-10 academic year, and each academic year thereafter, and upon a specific appropriation by the Legislature, authorizes any qualifying member of the California National Guard, the State Military Reserve, or the Naval Militia to apply for a California National Guard Educational Assistance Award.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish a grant or scholarship program for military veterans residing in this state who are attending one of the segments of public postsecondary education that would enable a veteran to complete a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent following the exhaustion of his or her 36 months of benefits under a specified federal law.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation that would establish a grant or scholarship program for
3military veterans residing in the state who are attending one of the
4segments of public postsecondary education that would enable a
5veteran to complete a baccalaureate degree, or its equivalent,
P2    1following the exhaustion of his or her 36 months of benefits under
2Section 3312 of Title 38 of the United States Code.



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