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                    Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
          
                                       AB 1197 (Firebaugh)
          
          Hearing Date:  8/23/00                      Amended: 1/4/00
          Consultant:  Bob Franzoia      Policy Vote: Ed  8-5
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          BILL SUMMARY: 
          
          AB 1197 would require that a person, including an alien  
          precluded from establishing California residency because of  
          federal law, who meets certain eligibility requirements, be  
          exempted from paying nonresident tuition at the California  
          Community Colleges or the California State University.  The  
          bill would request the Regents of the University of  
          California to also exempt these persons from paying  
          nonresident tuition.

                              Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
           
          Major Provisions                     2000-01       2001-02   2002-03         
               Fund  
          
          Tuition exemption      Unknown, major costs       General       
          
          STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE.
          
          To be exempt from nonresident tuition requirements, a  
          person must meet the following:
          1)High school attendance in California for three or more  
            years.
          2)Graduation from a California high school.
          3)Continuation of his or her education at a CSU or CCC  
            within one year of high school graduation or on or before  
            January 1, 2001.
          4)Presentation of documentation that a petition or  
            application for lawful immigration status has been  
            initiated.

          Currently, nonresident tuition at CSU is $8,118 for two  
          semesters.  Resident tuition is $2,856 for two semesters  
          beginning fall, 1999.  Nonresident tuition at CCCs is  
          $3,500.  Resident tuition is $12.00 per unit.

          It is unknown at this time how many students would be  










          affected by this bill.  Preliminary data from CSU appears  
          to suggest that between 750 and 1,500 students may enroll  
          in CSU under the provisions of the bill.  For the purposes  
          of estimating some fiscal impact, 1,125 students paying  
          resident tuition would generate $3,213,000 annually.  The  
          same number of students paying nonresident tuition would  
          generate $9,132,750 or a difference of $5,919,750.   
          However, it is highly unlikely the same number of students  
          would enroll if they were required to pay the nonresident  
          tuition.