CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 322

Introduced by Assembly Member Mathis

January 30, 2023

An act to add Chapter 4.3 (commencing with Section 66225) to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 322, as introduced, Mathis. Veteran and California National Guard Supplemental Orientation Act of 2023.
Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state.
This bill, commencing no later than the 2025–26 academic year, would require the California State University and the California Community Colleges, and if the Regents of the University of California adopt a resolution to make it applicable, the University of California to develop and include within first-year student orientation a supplemental module of services and resources available for students who are veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States and members of the California National Guard, as provided.
By imposing new duties on community college districts, this 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.

 Chapter 4.3 (commencing with Section 66225) is added to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER  4.3. Veteran and California National Guard Supplemental Orientation Act of 2023

66225.
 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Veteran and California National Guard Supplemental Orientation Act of 2023.

66226.
 Commencing no later than the 2025–26 academic year, the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges shall develop and include within first-year student orientation a supplemental module of services and resources available for students who are veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States and members of the California National Guard. The supplemental module shall include, at a minimum, information on local resources and services the university or college offers for those students, including, but not limited to, counseling.

SEC. 2.

 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.