Bill Text: CA AB2747 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 2747 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: tuition and fees: Team USA student athletes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 972, Statutes of 2022. [AB2747 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB2747-Chaptered.html

Assembly Bill No. 2747

CHAPTER 972

An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 68083 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

[ Approved by Governor September 30, 2022. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2022. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2747, Nazarian. Public postsecondary education: tuition and fees: Team USA student athletes.

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 is administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

Existing law establishes uniform 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 an amateur student athlete in training at the United States Olympic Training Center in the City of Chula Vista to resident classification for the purpose of determining tuition and fees. These provisions apply to the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make them applicable.

This bill instead would, until July 1, 2032, entitle a Team USA student athlete, as defined, who trains in the state in an elite level program approved by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee to resident classification for that same purpose. To the extent the bill would require community college districts to exempt more students from nonresident tuition, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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 the statutory provisions noted above.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 68083 of the Education Code is amended to read:

68083.

(a) Any Team USA student athlete who trains in the state in an elite level program approved by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee is entitled to resident classification for tuition and fee purposes until the athlete has resided in the state the minimum time necessary to become a resident.

(b) The student athlete shall certify their participation in an Olympic or Paralympic elite level training program through supporting documentation from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee verifying eligibility, and shall submit the supporting documentation to the campus they are attending at the California State University, University of California, or California Community Colleges.

(c) For purposes of this section, “Team USA student athlete” means any student athlete who meets the eligibility standards defined and approved by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and by the national governing body for the sport in which the athlete competes.

(d) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2032, and, as of January 1, 2033, is repealed.

SEC. 2.

Section 68083 is added to the Education Code, to read:

68083.

(a) Any amateur student athlete in training at the United States Olympic Training Center in the City of Chula Vista is entitled to resident classification for tuition purposes until the student athlete has resided in the state the minimum time necessary to become a resident.

(b) For purposes of this section, “amateur student athlete” means any student athlete who meets the eligibility standards established by the national governing body for the sport in which the athlete competes.

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.