Bill Text: CA AB1229 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: End Foster Youth Student Hunger in California Act of 2019.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-08-30 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1229 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1229-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 16, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 03, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1229 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Wicks (Coauthor: Assembly Member Gipson) |
February 21, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
This act shall be known, and may beSEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares the following:SEC. 3.
Section 69519.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:69519.1.
(a) The Student Aid Commission shall report to the Legislature, no later than March 1, 2020, the amount of funding and the authority it would need to establish a Transition Age Foster Youth Meal Plan(b)
(c)All transition
(d)
(e)To determine the amount of the award, the commission shall calculate the cost of 10 meals per week for each full week of each term for each college or university using the highest per meal rate reported by the college or university. This amount shall be added to the cost of campus fees for each respective campus to equal the total award amount.
(f)The commission shall annually adjust the amount of the award to be issued by the
program.
(g)The commission shall issue program awards within the week prior to the start of the college term.
(h)This section does not require a public postsecondary educational institution to provide a student meal plan to a student who does not have one.