Bill Text: CA AB2000 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 675, Statutes of 2014. [AB2000 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2000-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2000	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  675
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Fong, Garcia, Gorell, Quirk-Silva,
Ting, and Wieckowski)
   (Coauthors: Senators Block and Padilla)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 68130.5 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2000, Gomez. Public postsecondary education: exemption from
nonresident tuition.
   (1) Existing law provides that a person, other than a nonimmigrant
alien, as defined, who has attended high school in California for 3
or more years, who has graduated from a California high school or
attained the equivalent thereof, who has registered at or attends an
accredited institution of higher education in California not earlier
than the fall semester or quarter of the 2001-02 academic year, and
who, if he or she is an alien without lawful immigration status, has
filed an affidavit, as specified, is exempt from paying nonresident
tuition at the California Community Colleges and the California State
University.
   This bill would provide that a student may qualify for exemption
from nonresident tuition pursuant to the above-referenced provision
either by high school attendance in California for 3 or more years or
by either elementary or secondary school attendance, or both, in
California for a total of 3 or more years and attainment of credits
earned in California from a California high school equivalent to 3 or
more years of full-time high school coursework, in addition to the
other conditions referenced above.
   Because this bill would require community college districts to
determine whether students qualify for exemption from nonresident
tuition, it would constitute 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.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 68130.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   68130.5.  Notwithstanding any other law:
   (a) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning
of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of Section 1101 of Title 8 of the
United States Code, who meets all of the following requirements
shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at the California
State University and the California Community Colleges:
   (1) Satisfaction of either of the following:
   (A) High school attendance in California for three or more years.
    (B) Attainment of credits earned in California from a California
high school equivalent to three or more years of full-time high
school coursework and a total of three or more years of attendance in
California elementary schools, California secondary schools, or a
combination of those schools.
   (2) Graduation from a California high school or attainment of the
equivalent thereof.
   (3) Registration as an entering student at, or current enrollment
at, an accredited institution of higher education in California not
earlier than the fall semester or quarter of the 2001-02 academic
year.
   (4) In the case of a person without lawful immigration status, the
filing of an affidavit with the institution of higher education
stating that the student has filed an application to legalize his or
her immigration status, or will file an application as soon as he or
she is eligible to do so.
   (b) A student exempt from nonresident tuition under this section
may be reported by a community college district as a full-time
equivalent student for apportionment purposes.
   (c) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
and the Trustees of the California State University shall prescribe
rules and regulations for the implementation of this section.
   (d) Student information obtained in the implementation of this
section is confidential.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.