AB 2486, as introduced, Gomez. Public postsecondary education: exemption from payment of nonresident tuition for victims of certain crimes.
(1) Existing law exempts specified students from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district to charge resident students a fee of $46 per unit per semester and to waive that fee for specified students.
Existing law provides that students who are victims of trafficking, domestic violence, and other serious crimes who have been granted a specified status under federal law are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges to the same extent as individuals who are admitted to the United States as refugees under a specified federal law. Existing law requests the University of California to adopt policies that are consistent with those provisions.
This bill would additionally provide that students who have attended a California high school for 3 or more years, and graduated from a California high school or attained the equivalent of high school graduation, are eligible for the waiver of these fees.
To the extent the bill would place additional requirements on community college districts to exempt students from nonresident tuition, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(2) 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 68122 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law,begin delete students who are begin insert a student who is a victimend insert of trafficking, domestic violence,
4victimsend delete
5begin delete andend deletebegin insert orend insert other serious crimes whobegin delete haveend deletebegin insert has eitherend insert been granted a
6status under Section 1101(a)(15)(T)(i) or (ii), or Section
71101(a)(15)(U)(i) or
(ii), of Title 8 of the United States Codebegin insert, or
8is a person who has attended a California high school for three
9or more years and graduated from a California high school or
10attained the equivalent of high school graduation,end insert shall be exempt
11from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University
12and the California Community Colleges to the same extent as
13begin delete individuals who areend deletebegin insert an individual who isend insert admitted to the United
14States asbegin delete refugeesend deletebegin insert a refugeeend insert under Section 1157 of Title 8 of the
15United States Code.
16(b) The University of California is requested to adopt policies
17that are consistent with this section.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
19this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
20local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
21pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
224 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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