Bill Text: CA AB409 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 643, Statutes of 2013. [AB409 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB409-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 409	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk-Silva

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2013

   An act to add Section 69785.5 to the Education Code, relating to
student veterans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 409, as amended, Quirk-Silva. Student veterans: services.
   (1) Under existing law, the segments of the public higher
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 authorizes the California Community Colleges and
California State University, and encourages the University of
California, to coordinate services for qualified students who are
veterans or members of the military by clearly designating military
and veterans offices and individuals to provide specified services.

   This bill would require the California Community Colleges and the
California State University to convene, and would encourage the
University of California to participate in, a task force to develop a
report relating to student veterans' transition to postsecondary
education, as specified. The bill would also require the California
Community Colleges and the California State University to complete
the report on or before January 10, 2015, and to provide a copy to
the Governor and the Legislature on or before that date. 

   This bill would encourage the California Community Colleges, the
California State University, and the University of California to
offer on campus counseling services for student veterans by utilizing
the resources of existing campus military and veterans offices. The
bill would require the California Community Colleges and the
California State University, and encourage the University of
California, to adopt an online course, for one unit of credit, for
student veterans to ease their transition to college and assist them
in understanding the effects of postwar stress, post-traumatic stress
disorder, and traumatic brain injuries. 
   To the extent this bill would impose new duties on community
college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local
program.
   (2) 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 these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 69785.5 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   69785.5.  (a) On or before June 30, 2014, the California Community
Colleges and the California State University shall convene, and the
University of California is encouraged to participate in, a task
force to develop a report relating to student veterans' transition to
postsecondary education.
   (b) The task force shall address specific issues related to
student veterans' transition to postsecondary education, which shall
include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
   (1) A review of the best practices for meeting the needs of
student veterans and ensuring that all campuses offer veterans'
counseling services.
   (2) An evaluation on how California Community Colleges, the
California State University, and the University of California
currently assist student veterans in understanding the effects of
postwar stress, posttraumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain
injuries.
   (3) An evaluation of the existing resources offered to veterans
and ways to ensure that veterans are aware of these resources.
   (4) An assessment on whether additional services for veterans are
needed, such as an online course addressing postwar effects on
veterans.
   (c) The final report shall be completed on or before January 10,
2015, and a copy shall be provided to the Governor and the
Legislature on or before that date.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 69785.5 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   69785.5.  (a) The California Community Colleges, the California
State University, and the University of California are encouraged to
offer on campus counseling services for student veterans by utilizing
the resources of existing campus military and veterans offices.
   (b) The California Community Colleges and the California State
University shall, and the University of California is encouraged to,
adopt an online course, for one unit of credit, for student veterans
to ease their transition to college and assist them in understanding
the effects of postwar stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, and
traumatic brain injuries. 
  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.