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                                                                  SB 325
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          Date of Hearing:   July 3, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                     SB 325 (Block) - As Amended:  April 1, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                             Higher  
          EducationVote:12-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill:

          1)Requires the student members of the California State  
            University (CSU) Board of Trustees (BOT) to have at least  
            sophomore standing rather than at least junior standing.

          2)Waives the tuition of the student trustees for the duration of  
            their tenure.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Potential minor revenue loss to CSU from the waived tuition of  
          two student trustees.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  . The BOT includes two student members with at least  
            junior standing, appointed by the Governor, and serving  
            staggered two-year terms. One student trustee has full voting  
            powers and the second, non-voting student trustee, succeeds to  
            the voting position upon the expiration of the term of the  
            first. SB 325 is intended to provide parity with the student  
            regents at the University of California, whose mandatory fees  
            and tuition are waived during their tenure.

           2)Related Legislation  . AB 46 (Pan), pending in Senate Education,  
            in part allows the non-voting student trustee to vote in the  
            absence of the first student trustee.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 








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