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:
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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