Bill Text: CA AB1961 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Student financial aid: Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcel los Cal Grant Program: private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB1961 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1961-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1961	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Baker

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2016

   An act to amend Section 69437 of the Education Code, relating to
student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1961, as introduced, Baker. Student financial aid:
Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program.
   Existing law, known as the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos
Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and B entitlement
awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement awards,
the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C awards,
and the Cal Grant T awards under the administration of the Student
Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards
under these programs for participating students attending qualifying
institutions.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 69437 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69437.  (a) Commencing with the 2001-02 academic year, and each
academic year thereafter, there shall be established the Competitive
Cal Grant A and  Cal Grant  B award program for students who
did not receive a Cal Grant A or  Cal Grant  B entitlement
award pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 69434), Article
3 (commencing with Section 69435), or Article 4 (commencing with
Section 69436). Awards made under this section are not entitlements.
The submission of an application by a student under this section
shall not entitle that student to an award. The selection of students
under this article shall be determined pursuant to subdivision (c)
and other relevant criteria established by the commission.
   (b)  Commencing with the 2015-16 academic year, a total of 25,750
Cal Grant A and  Cal Grant  B awards shall be granted
annually under this article on a competitive basis for applicants who
meet the general eligibility criteria established in Article 1
(commencing with Section 69430) and the priorities established by the
commission pursuant to subdivision (c).
   (1) Fifty percent of the awards referenced in this subdivision are
available to all students, including California community college
students, who meet the financial need and academic requirements
established pursuant to this article. A student enrolling at a
qualifying baccalaureate degree granting institution shall apply by
the March 2 deadline. A California community college student is
eligible to apply at the March 2 or the September 2 deadline.
   (2) Fifty percent of the awards referenced in this subdivision are
reserved for students who will be enrolled at a California community
college. The commission shall establish a second application
deadline of September 2 for community college students to apply for
these awards effective with the fall term or semester of the 2001-02
academic year.
   (3) If any awards are not distributed pursuant to paragraphs (1)
and (2) upon initial allocation of the awards under this article, the
commission shall make awards to as many eligible students as
possible, beginning with the students with the lowest expected family
contribution and highest academic merit, consistent with the
criteria adopted by the commission pursuant to subdivision (c), as
practicable without exceeding an annual cumulative total of 25,750
awards.
   (c) (1) On or before February 1, 2001, acting pursuant to a public
hearing process that is consistent with the Bagley-Keene Open
Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1
of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the
commission shall establish selection criteria for Cal Grant A and
 Cal Grant  B awards under the competitive program that give
special consideration to disadvantaged students, taking into
consideration those financial, educational, cultural, language, home,
community, environmental, and other conditions that hamper a student'
s access to, and ability to persist in, postsecondary education
programs.
   (2) Additional consideration shall be given to both of the
following:
   (A) Students pursuing Cal Grant B awards who reestablish their
grade point averages.
   (B) Students who did not receive awards pursuant to Article 2
(commencing with Section 69434), Article 3 (commencing with Section
69435), or Article 4 (commencing with Section 69436).
   (d) All other students who meet the eligibility requirements
pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 69430) are eligible to
compete for an award pursuant to this article.