Bill Text: CA AB2133 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Veterans: priority registration.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-09-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 400, Statutes of 2012. [AB2133 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB2133-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2133 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 400
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 9, 2012
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 13, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 6, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 19, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 21, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Blumenfield and Silva
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend Section 66025.8 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2133, Blumenfield. Veterans: priority registration.
Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the
missions and functions of the public institutions of higher education
in the state, which include the California Community Colleges, the
California State University, and the University of California.
Existing law requires the California State University and each
community college district, and requests the University of
California, to grant priority registration for enrollment to a member
or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, who is a
resident of California, and who has received an honorable discharge,
a general discharge, or an other than honorable discharge, and to any
member or former member of the State Military Reserve who has not
received a specified discharge, for any academic term attended at one
of these institutions within 4 years of leaving state or federal
active duty.
This bill also would enact the Combat to College Act of 2012,
which would authorize a qualifying student to use the 4 academic
years during which these institutions are required, or requested, to
grant priority registration for enrollment within 15 years of his or
her leaving state or federal active duty. The bill also would require
the priority registration for enrollment to apply to enrollment for
all degree and certificate programs offered by the institution after
the military or veteran status of the student has been verified by
the institution he or she attends. The bill would require students
receiving this priority to comply with specified requirements.
By requiring community college districts to provide priority
registration for enrollment over a longer span of time, the 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.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Combat to College Act of 2012.
SEC. 2. Section 66025.8 of the Education Code is amended to read:
66025.8. (a) The California State University and each community
college district shall, and the University of California is requested
to, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions
that administers a priority enrollment system, grant priority in that
system for registration for enrollment to any member or former
member of the Armed Forces of the United States, and who is a
resident of California, who has received an honorable discharge, a
general discharge, or an other than honorable discharge, and to any
member or former member of the State Military Reserve, for any
academic term attended at one of these institutions for four academic
years after he or she has left state or federal active duty, which
he or she shall use within 15 years of leaving state or federal
active duty.
(b) A former member of the Armed Forces of the United States or
the State Military Reserve who received a dishonorable discharge or a
bad conduct discharge is not eligible for priority registration for
enrollment pursuant to this section.
(c) The priority registration for enrollment provided pursuant to
this section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and certificate
programs offered by the institution after the military or veteran
status of the student has been verified by the institution he or she
attends.
(d) Students who receive priority registration for enrollment
pursuant to this section shall comply with the requirements of
subdivision (a) of Section 78212.
(e) (1) For the 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.
(2) As used in this section, "member or former member of the Armed
Forces of the United States" includes, but is not necessarily
limited to, any student who is called to active military duty
compelling that student to take an academic leave of absence.
SEC. 3. 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.
