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(a) Commencing with the 2019–20 academic year, the California State University shall, and the University of California is requested to, designate a Dream Resource Liaison on each of their respective campuses, as specified in subdivision (b), to assist students meeting the requirements set forth in Section 68130.5 by streamlining access to all available financial aid and academic opportunities for those students.(b) (1) Each campus of the California State University shall ensure that it has a staff person designated as a Dream Resource Liaison who is knowledgeable in available financial aid, services, and academic
opportunities for all students meeting the requirements set forth in Section 68130.5, including undocumented students. The Legislature encourages each of these campuses to place this designated staff person in the campus’ educational opportunity programs office or financial aid office.
(2) The University of California is encouraged to designate a Dream Resource Liaison on each of its campuses. That staff person should be knowledgeable in available financial aid, services, and
academic opportunities for all students meeting the requirements set forth in Section 68130.5, including undocumented students. The Legislature encourages each of these campuses to place this designated staff person in the campus’ educational opportunity programs office or financial aid office.
(c) A Dream Resource Liaison at a campus of the California State University and the University of California is encouraged to work with school districts and county offices of education that maintain any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to assist
and provide information to school employees, pupils, and families about accessing postsecondary educational resources and opportunities for pupils who may potentially meet the qualifications set forth in Section 68130.5.
(d) (1) The California State University and the University of California are encouraged to establish Dream Resource Centers on each of their respective campuses.
(2) Dream Resource Centers may offer support services, including, but not necessarily limited to, state and institutional financial aid assistance, academic counseling, peer support services, psychological counseling, referral services, and legal services.
(e) (1) This section shall not be construed as encouraging the construction of a new or separate space for Dream Resource Centers.
(2) Dream Resource Centers may be housed within existing student service or academic centers.
(3) The space in which the Dream Resource Liaison is located may be deemed a Dream Resource Center.
(f) Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code and
any other law requiring approval by a state officer of gifts, bequests, devises, or donations, the Trustees of the California State University and the Regents of the University of California may seek and accept on behalf of the state any gift, bequest, devise, or donation whenever the gift and the terms and conditions thereof will aid in the creation and operation of Dream Resource Centers for their respective systems.