Bill Text: CA AB1563 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Student financial aid: Cal Grant C awards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1563 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1563-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 21, 2017 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1563 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Medina |
February 17, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law establishes the 15-member Student Aid Commission to perform a variety of duties relating to student financial aid programs.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in a provision relating to the appointment of members of the commission.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 69432 of the Education Code is amended to read:69432.
(a) Cal Grant Program awards shall be known as “Cal Grant A Entitlement Awards,” “Cal Grant B Entitlement Awards,” “Cal Grant C Entitlement Awards,” “California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards,” “Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards,”SEC. 2.
Section 69432.7 of the Education Code is amended to read:69432.7.
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:CAL GRANT PROGRAM INCOME CEILINGS |
Cal Grant | Cal Grant Competitive C, and Entitlement C | |
Dependent and Independent students with dependents* | ||
Family Size | ||
Six or more | $74,100 | $40,700 |
Five | $68,700 | $37,700 |
Four | $64,100 | $33,700 |
Three | $59,000 | $30,300 |
Two | $57,600 | $26,900 |
Independent | ||
Single, no
dependents | $23,500 | $23,500 |
Married | $26,900 | $26,900 |
spouse.
CAL GRANT PROGRAM ASSET CEILINGS |
Cal Grant | Cal Grant Competitive C, and Entitlement C | |
Dependent** _____ _____ | $49,600 | $49,600 |
Independent
_____
_____
| $23,600 | $23,600 |
spouse.
(H)Notwithstanding subparagraph (F), an otherwise qualifying institution that maintains a three-year cohort default rate that is less than 15.5 percent and a graduation rate above 20 percent for students taking 150 percent or less of the expected time to complete degree requirements, as certified by the commission pursuant to subparagraph (A), shall be eligible for initial and renewal Cal Grant awards at the institution through the 2016–17 academic year.
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SEC. 3.
Section 69439 of the Education Code is amended to read:69439.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(f)(1)To ensure alignment with the state’s dynamic economic needs, the commission, in consultation with appropriate state and federal agencies, including the Economic and Workforce Development Division of the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the California Workforce Investment Board, shall identify areas of occupational and technical training for which students may utilize Cal Grant C awards. The commission, to the extent feasible, shall also consult with representatives of the state’s leading competitive and emerging industry clusters, workforce professionals, and career technical educators, to determine which occupational training
programs and industry clusters should be prioritized.
(2)(A)Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the areas of occupational and technical training developed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be regularly reviewed and updated at least every five years, beginning in 2012.
(B)By January 1, 2016, the commission shall update the priority areas of occupational and technical training.
(3)(A)The commission shall give priority in granting Cal Grant C awards to students pursuing occupational or technical training in areas that meet two of the following criteria pertaining to job quality:
(i)High employer need or demand for
the specific skills offered in the program.
(ii)High employment growth in the occupational field or industry cluster for which the student is being trained.
(iii)High employment salary and wage projections for workers employed in the occupations for which they are being trained.
(iv)The occupation or training program is part of a
well-articulated career pathway to a job providing economic security.
(B)To receive priority pursuant to subparagraph (A), at least one of the criteria met shall be specified in clause (iii) or (iv) of that subparagraph.
(g)The commission shall determine areas of occupational or technical training that meet the criteria described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) in consultation with the Employment Development Department, the Economic and Workforce Development Division of the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and the California Workforce Investment Board using projections available through the Labor Market Information Data Library. The commission may supplement the analyses of the Employment Development Department’s Labor Market
Information Data Library with the labor market analyses developed by the Economic and Workforce Development Division of the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the California Workforce Investment Board, as well as the projections of occupational shortages and skills gap developed by industry leaders. The commission shall publish, and retain, on its Internet Web site a current list of the areas of occupational or technical training that meet the criteria described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (f), and update this list as necessary.
SEC. 4.
Section 69439.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:69439.5.
(a) (1) A Cal Grant C Entitlement award shall be awarded only for access costs for community college students who are enrolled in a for-credit certificate or credential instructional program that is less than one academic year in length and that is an occupational or technical training program identified by the commission as having high employer demand, high projected employment growth, high earning outcomes, or as being part of a well-articulated career pathway to a job providing economic security. For purposes of this section, an academic year constitutes two semesters or 24 semester units.(a)(1)Except as provided in subdivision (b), each member of the commission, other than a student member, shall have a four-year term.
(2)(A)A student member appointed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 69510 shall have a term of two academic years.
(B)Upon expiration of the student member’s two-year term, if the Governor has not appointed a successor, the student member may remain in office for one additional year or until the Governor appoints a successor, whichever occurs first. The requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 69510 do not apply to a student in the additional year under this paragraph.
(C)The commission shall notify the appropriate student organization for each segment, as described in Section 69511.5, of a pending student member vacancy no less than three months before the expiration of the term, and of the appropriate student organization’s opportunity to submit a list of nominees pursuant to Section 69511.5.
(b)The term of one member appointed pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 69510 and the term of one member appointed pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 69510, effective January 1, 1991, shall be for five years. Each subsequent term for members appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall be for four years.
(c)At no time shall both student representatives be enrolled in the same segment of postsecondary education in California. For purposes of this subdivision, each postsecondary education
program listed in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 69510 is a segment of postsecondary education in California.
(d)Appointment to the commission of members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 69510 shall be made by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate.
(e)Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of a person who will have the same status as the predecessor of the appointee. The appointee shall hold office only for the balance of the unexpired term.
(f)(1)Each member of the commission shall receive a stipend of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day in which he or she attends any meeting of the commission or any meeting of any committee or subcommittee of the commission, of which committee or subcommittee he or she is a member, and
which committee or subcommittee meeting is conducted for the purpose of carrying out the powers and duties of the commission. In addition, each member shall receive his or her actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the course of his or her duties.
(2)In addition, if a student member who attends a qualifying institution, as defined in Section 69432.7, is not the recipient of a Cal Grant award, the qualifying institution, as a condition of participation in the Cal Grant program, shall waive the student member’s tuition, up to the maximum award amount for that institution, for the duration of the student member’s term of office.
(g)(1)If an act of Congress establishes a program of scholarships or grants for undergraduate students and permits administration of the program within a state by a state agency, the Student Aid Commission, as established
by Section 69510, shall administer the act within the state if the Governor and the Student Aid Commission, by a majority vote of its entire membership, determine that the participation by the state in the federal scholarship or grant program under the act would not interfere with or jeopardize the continuation of the scholarship program established under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3.
(2)The commission shall constitute the state commission on federal scholarships or grants, and is hereby empowered to formulate a plan for development and administration of any federal scholarship or grant program within the state.
(3)Subject to
this chapter, the commission is hereby vested with all necessary power and authority to cooperate with the government of the United States, or any agency or agencies thereof, in the administration of any act of Congress establishing a scholarship or grant program and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder.
(4)Before adopting a state plan, the commission, acting as the state commission on federal scholarships or grants, shall hold public hearings as provided in the California Administrative Procedure Act.