Bill Text: CA AB1093 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Veterans: student financial aid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1093 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1093-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1093	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Grove

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 981.8 to the Military and Veterans Code,
relating to veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1093, as introduced, Grove. Veterans: student financial aid.
   Prior law, in effect until January 1, 2012, requested the Office
of the Adjutant General to make copies of the enrollment fee waiver
application of the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
available to each member of the California National Guard, the State
Military Reserve, and the Naval Militia not having a baccalaureate
degree. Prior law also requested the Office of the Adjutant General
to assist these persons in completing these forms, as needed.
   This bill would reinstate these provisions and request that the
Adjutant General also make available additional information, as
specified, regarding federal Montgomery GI Bill benefits and contact
information for veterans' educational assistance.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 981.8 is added to the Military and Veterans
Code, to read:
   981.8.  (a) The Office of the Adjutant General is requested to
annually make all of the following available to each member of the
California National Guard, the State Military Reserve, and the Naval
Militia who does not have a baccalaureate degree:
   (1) A copy of the enrollment fee waiver application of the Board
of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
   (2) A copy of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA).
   (3) A copy of the latest brochure or information relative to
current federal Montgomery GI Bill benefits.
   (4) The contact information for a County Veterans Service Officer
or the division responsible within the California Department of
Veterans Affairs for higher education or the California National
Guard.
   (b) The Office of the Adjutant General is requested to provide
assistance as necessary to help the members complete the forms made
available to them under subdivision (a).