Bill Text: CA AB2506 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Student financial aid: Chafee grant awards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 388, Statutes of 2016. [AB2506 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2506-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2506	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  388
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 25, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 30, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Thurmond
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 69519 of the Education Code, relating to
student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2506, Thurmond. Student financial aid: Chafee grant awards.
   Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the state
agency primarily responsible for the administration and coordination
of student financial aid programs at California postsecondary
educational institutions. Existing federal law establishes the Chafee
Educational and Training Voucher program for the purposes of
providing financial aid to current and former foster youth who are
attending qualifying postsecondary educational institutions.
   This bill, commencing with the 2017-18 academic year, would make a
new Chafee grant award to a student only if the student attends a
qualifying institution that is eligible for participation in the Cal
Grant Program pursuant to a specified provision of the Cal Grant
Program enabling act or if the student attends an institution that is
not located in California that satisfies a specified provision of
the Cal Grant Program enabling act.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 69519 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69519.  (a) The commission, through an interagency agreement with
the State Department of Social Services, currently operates a
federally funded scholarship program that provides grant aid to
provide access to California's current and former foster youth to
postsecondary education. Funds provided through an appropriation by
the Legislature shall be supplemental to funds provided by the
federal government, and are designated to ensure program availability
in the absence of and prior to the annual receipt of federal funds
for this purpose.
   (b) Funds provided for this program shall be used to assist
students who are current and former foster youth, for career and
technical training or traditional college courses. The commission
shall operate this program in accordance with the program
instructions provided by the federal Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration for Children and Families, and the program
guidelines developed by the State Department of Social Services.
   (c) The total amount of funding and the amount of individual
awards shall depend upon the amount of federal funding provided in
addition to state funding. The commission, in conjunction with the
State Department of Social Services, shall determine the individual
award amounts and total number of students awarded on an annual basis
as the amount of total annual funding is determined.
   (d) Commencing with the 2017-18 award year, the commission shall
make a new Chafee grant award to a student only if the student
attends either of the following:
   (1) A qualifying institution that is eligible for participation in
the Cal Grant Program pursuant to Section 69432.7.
   (2) An institution that is not located in California that
satisfies the provisions of subparagraphs (C) and (F) of paragraph
(3) of subdivision (l) of Section 69432.7.