Bill Text: CA AB2250 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: nonresident tuition:

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-25 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2250 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2250-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2250	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 3, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Beth Gaines and Norby
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Bonilla, Donnelly, 
Gorell,  Knight, and Portantino)
   (  Coauthor:   Senator  
Runner   Coauthors:   Senators  
Cannella   and Runner  )

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 68074.5 to the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2250, as amended, Beth Gaines. Public postsecondary education:
nonresident tuition: military members.
   Existing law establishes the segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state, including the University of California
administered by the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University administered by the Trustees of the
California State University, and the California Community Colleges
administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges. Existing law establishes uniform student residency
requirements for purposes of ascertaining the amount of fees to be
paid by students at these segments of public postsecondary education.

   This bill would require a student, or a spouse of a person, who is
a former member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the
State Military Reserve who served for at least 36 months and received
a specified discharge, to be exempt from paying nonresident tuition
 for his or her first year of continuous enrollment  at the
California State University and the California Community Colleges if
he or she files an affidavit with the institution stating his or her
intent to establish residency in California as soon as possible, and
would request  those persons to   that such a
person  be exempt from paying nonresident tuition  
 for his or her first year of continuous enrollment  at the
University of California. By requiring community college districts to
exempt these persons from paying nonresident tuition, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
   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 1.  Section 68074.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   68074.5.  (a) A student, or spouse of a person, who is a former
member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the State Military
Reserve who served for at least 36 months and received an honorable
discharge, shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition  
 for his or her first year of continuous enrollment  at the
California State University and the California Community Colleges,
and is requested to be exempt from paying nonresident tuition 
  for   his or her first year of continuous
enrollment  at the University of California, if he or she files
an affidavit with the institution stating that he or she intends to
establish residency in California as soon as possible.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "Armed Forces of the United
States" means the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps,
National Guard, Naval Militia, Navy, and the reserve components of
each of those forces, including the California National Guard.
  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.