Bill Text: CA AB2265 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: California State University: educational opportunity program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-02 - Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. [AB2265 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2265-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2265	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to  amend Section 89252 of   add
Section 89259 to  the Education Code, relating to the California
State University.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2265, as amended, Weber. California State University:
educational opportunity program.
   Existing law establishes the California State University, and
authorizes the operation of its various campuses under the
administration of the Trustees of the California State University.
Existing law, the California State University Educational Opportunity
Act, provides educational assistance and grants for undergraduate
study at the California State University to students who are
economically disadvantaged or educationally and economically
disadvantaged, but who display potential for success in accredited
curricula offered by the university. The act sets grant eligibility
criteria and, when the recipient is an enrollee in a special
educational opportunity program approved by the trustees, provides
that the state university campus sponsoring the program receives from
the trustees specified reimbursement. 
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provisions of
the act relating to grant eligibility and sponsoring campus
reimbursement.  
   This bill would require the California State University to provide
a direct link to information and application forms for the
educational opportunity program approved by the trustees on the
online version of the California State University Mentor Application,
and to attach an informational brochure for this program to its
electronic and printed application forms for undergraduate admission.
The bill would require, when the California State University next
revises this mentor application following the bill's enactment, that
the revised electronic and printed forms of the mentor application
include a description of the educational opportunity program approved
by the trustees. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 89259 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   89259.  (a) For an educational opportunity program established
pursuant to this article, the California State University shall do
all of the following:
   (1) The California State University shall provide a direct link to
information and application forms for the educational opportunity
program on the online version of the California State University
Mentor Application.
   (2) The California State University shall attach an informational
brochure concerning the educational opportunity program to the
electronic and printed application forms for undergraduate admission
to the California State University.
   (3) When the California State University next revises the
California State University Mentor Application following the
enactment of this statute, the California State University shall add
a description of the educational opportunity program to the revised
electronic and printed forms of the mentor application.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "California State University
Mentor Application" refers to the mentor application provided for on
the California State University Internet Web site.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 89252 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   89252.  (a) California State University Educational Opportunity
Program grants may be awarded to persons selected for enrollment in
programs authorized by the trustees according to the procedures
established by the trustees.
   (b) To be eligible for a grant, a person shall satisfy all of the
following requirements:
   (1) The person is a resident of this state.
   (2) The person is a high school graduate or has, pursuant to the
procedures, equivalent qualifications.
   (3) The person has been nominated by his or her high school or
community college, the Veterans Administration, a state agency or
educational agency designated by the trustees, or a state university
president.
    (c) The trustees shall determine eligibility for grants awarded
pursuant to this article.
   (d) The grants may be granted and renewed according to standards
set by the trustees until the student has received a baccalaureate
degree or has completed five academic years, whichever occurs first.
In special circumstances, as in the case of illness, military
service, or family hardship, the trustees may renew the grant beyond
the fifth year of study, provided the student has not received a
baccalaureate degree.
   (e) If the recipient is an enrollee in a special educational
opportunity program approved by the trustees, for the purposes of
this article, the state university sponsoring the program shall
receive from the trustees reimbursement of up to sixty dollars ($60)
per month per enrollee up to 12 months' support.