Bill Text: CA AB21 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: Access to Higher Education for Every Student.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 488, Statutes of 2017. [AB21 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB21-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 15, 2017 |
Assembly Bill | No. 21 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu, Limón, and Santiago) |
December 05, 2016 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Article 11 (commencing with Section 66093) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:Article 11. Access to Higher Education for Every Student
66093.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(2)To that end, at all public colleges and universities in this state, we must do all of the following:
(A)Guarantee student privacy by refusing to release information regarding the immigration status of students and other community members and refusing to comply with immigration authorities regarding deportations or raids.
(B)Require the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to provide notice to the administrations of our public colleges and universities before they may enter our campuses on official business.
(C)Provide health care stipends for students who do not have access to Medicaid and who cannot afford to pay for school-provided health insurance.
(D)Offer housing to
students who cannot return home during the breaks between academic terms.
(E)Bring legal practitioners to campuses so that they may provide legal counseling to students who may be in jeopardy of not being able to continue their education.
(3)In the event that the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy is reversed, all of the following should be goals of our public colleges and universities:
(A)Ensuring that former DACA students continue to receive their financial aid and fellowship stipends by creating special funds, segregated from federal moneys, and guaranteeing that former DACA students who qualify for exemption from nonresident tuition continue to be exempt.
(B)Creating special funding sources to provide undocumented
students with stipends that the students can receive for participation in research under the guidance of faculty members or participation in other meaningful educational projects.
(C)Assigning resources, including, but not necessarily limited to, office space and designated staff who, on a strictly confidential basis, will assist former DACA students and other students in need of their services.
(4)With these
66093.3.
(b)Refuse to allow officers or employees of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enter campuses of their respective segments on official business of that agency unless they provide a written description of the
nature of that official business, and the necessity for entering the campus in furtherance of that official business, to the chief executive officer of the campus at least 10 business days before the proposed entry onto the campus.
(c)Provide stipends for health care for all students who are not eligible for Medicaid and who are unable to afford to pay for health insurance provided through the institution attended by the student.
(d)Offer on-campus housing, or a stipend to cover the cost of off-campus housing, during the periods between academic terms to students who face a significant risk of being unable to return to their respective campuses to resume their studies if they travel to their family residences during this academic break.
(e)Provide for access to legal services without cost to students who face a
significant risk of being unable to complete their studies because of possible actions by federal agencies or authorities.
(f)