Bill Text: CA AB2419 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-15 - Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. [AB2419 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB2419-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2419 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Miller
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
An act to amend Section 66021.2 of the Education Code, relating to
student financial aid.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2419, as introduced, Miller. Student financial aid: Cal Grant
Program.
Existing law, known as the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos
Cal Grant Program (Cal Grant Program), establishes the Cal Grant
awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission and
establishes eligibility requirements for the awards for participating
students attending qualifying postsecondary educational
institutions. Existing law requires Cal Grant A awards to be used
only for tuition or student fees, or both, in a for-credit
instructional program with a length of not less than 2 academic
years. Existing law requires maximum award amounts for Cal Grant A
awards for students attending public institutions to be identified in
the annual Budget Act and prescribes the manner for calculating
maximum Cal Grant A awards.
This bill would prohibit a maximum Cal Grant A award from
exceeding $4,000, notwithstanding the requirement that maximum award
amounts for Cal Grant A awards for students attending public
institutions shall be identified in the annual Budget Act.
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 66021.2 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
66021.2. Consistent with the state's historic commitment to
provide educational opportunity by ensuring both student access to
and selection of an institution of higher education for students with
financial need, the long-term policy of the
Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program established
pursuant to Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42
shall be as follows:
(a) Commencing with the 2001-02 academic year and every year
thereafter, an applicant for a Cal Grant A or B award shall receive
an award that is not in excess of the financial need amount
determined by the Student Aid Commission pursuant to Section 69432.9
if he or she complies with all of the following requirements:
(1) Demonstrates financial need under the criteria adopted
pursuant to Section 69432.9.
(2) Attains a grade point average, as defined in Section 69432.7,
meeting the requirements of Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section
69430) of Part 42.
(3) Complies with each of the eligibility criteria applicable to
the type of Cal Grant award for which he or she is applying.
(b) (1) The (A)
Except as provided for in subparagraph (B), the maximum Cal
Grant A award for a student attending the University of California or
the California State University shall equal the mandatory systemwide
fees in each of those segments.
(B) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 69432, the maximum
Cal Grant A award shall not exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000).
(2) The maximum Cal Grant B award for a student to which this
subdivision is applicable shall equal the mandatory systemwide fees
in the segment attended by the student, except for community college
students who receive waivers from the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, plus the access award calculated as
specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 69435) of Chapter 1.7
of Part 42, except that in the first year of enrollment in a
qualifying institution, the maximum award shall be only for the
amount of the access award.
(c) The maximum Cal Grant awards for students attending nonpublic
institutions shall be as follows:
(1) The maximum Cal Grant A award shall equal the tuition award
level established in the Budget Act of 2000, or the amount as
adjusted in subsequent annual budget acts , but shall not exceed
four thousand dollars ($4,000) .
(2) The maximum Cal Grant B award shall equal the amount of the
tuition award as established in the Budget Act of 2000, or the amount
as adjusted in subsequent annual budget acts, plus the amount of the
access costs specified in Section 69435, except that, in the first
year of enrollment in a qualifying institution, the maximum award
shall be only for the amount of the access award.
(d) Commencing with the 2000-01 academic year, and each academic
year thereafter, the Cal Grant C award shall be utilized only for
occupational or technical training.
(e) Commencing with the 2000-01 academic year, and each academic
year thereafter, the Cal Grant T award shall be used only for one
academic year of full-time attendance in a program of professional
preparation that has been approved by the California Commission on
Teacher Credentialing.
(f) An institution of higher education in this state that
participates in the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant
Program shall not reduce its level of per capita need-based
institutional financial aid to undergraduate students, excluding
loans, below the total level awarded in the 2000-01 academic year.
(g) The implementation of the policy set forth in this section
shall maintain a balance between the state's policy goals of ensuring
student access to and selection of an institution of higher
education for students with financial need and academic merit.
(h) It is the policy of the State of California that the
Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program supplement
the federal Pell Grant program.
(i) An award under the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal
Grant Program shall not guarantee admission to an institution of
higher education or admission to a specific campus or program.
