Bill Text: CA AB1936 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: residency: dependents of armed forces members.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB1936 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1936-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1936	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chávez

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2016

   An act to amend Section 68074 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1936, as introduced, Chávez. Public postsecondary education:
residency: dependents of armed forces members.
   (1) Under existing law, the segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state include the University of California,
which is administered by the Regents of the University of California,
the California State University, which is administered by the
Trustees of the California State University, and the California
Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors
of the California Community Colleges.
   Existing law establishes uniform student residency requirements
for purposes of ascertaining the amount of tuition and fees to be
paid by students of public postsecondary education institutions.
Existing law entitles a student to resident classification for the
purpose of determining tuition and fees if the student is a member,
or a child or spouse who is a dependent of a member, of the Armed
Forces of the United States stationed in the state on active duty,
except as specified.
   Existing law further provides that, if that member of the Armed
Forces of the United States, whose dependent natural or adopted
child, stepchild, or spouse is in attendance at an institution, (1)
is thereafter transferred on military orders to a place outside this
state where the member continues to serve in the Armed Forces of the
United States, or (2) is thereafter retired as an active member of
the Armed Forces of the United States, the student dependent shall
not lose his or her resident classification so long as he or she
remains continuously enrolled at that institution.
   This bill would extend that resident classification for designated
dependents of transferred and retired members of the Armed Forces of
the United States to those dependents who have been admitted to a
public postsecondary institution before the transfer or retirement.
The bill would request the Regents of the University of California to
establish the same residency benefits as those established by this
bill for students enrolled at the University of California.
   To the extent that the bill would impose new duties on community
college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local
program.
   (2) 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.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 68074 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   68074.  (a) A student who is a natural or adopted child,
stepchild, or spouse who is a dependent of a member of the Armed
Forces of the United States stationed in this state on active duty is
entitled to resident classification only for the purpose of
determining the amount of tuition and fees.
   (b) If that member of the Armed Forces of the United States, whose
dependent natural or adopted child, stepchild, or spouse is in
attendance  at an   at, or has been admitted to,
a public postsecondary  institution, (1) is thereafter
transferred on military orders to a place outside this state where
the member continues to serve in the Armed Forces of the United
States, or (2) is thereafter retired as an active member of the Armed
Forces of the United States, the student dependent shall not lose
his or her resident classification so long as he or she remains
continuously enrolled at that institution.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature hereby requests the Regents of the
University of California to establish the same residency benefits for
students enrolled at the University of California as those enacted
by Section 1 of this act.
  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.