Bill Text: CA AB586 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 586 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: California Student Opportunity and Access Program.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB586 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB586-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 586	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   An act    to amend Section 69562 of the Education
Code,   relating to student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 586, as amended, Campos. California Student Opportunity and
Access Program.
   Existing law establishes the Student Opportunity and Access
Program, administered by the Student Aid Commission, to distribute
funds on a progress payment schedule for projects designated to
increase the accessibility of postsecondary educational opportunities
for certain groups of elementary and secondary school pupils and, to
the extent of available resources, community college students. 
The program requires the commission to establish a 12-member project
grant advisory committee, including one college campus financial aid
officer, appointed by the commission, to advise project directors and
the commission on the development and operation of the projects.

   This bill would  express the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that would expand the Student Opportunity and
Access Program.   add one additional college campus
financial aid officer, appointed by the commission, to the advisory
committee. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 69562 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   69562.  The Student Aid Commission shall establish a 
12-member  13-member  project grant advisory
committee to advise project directors and the commission on the
development and operation of the projects, and consisting of the
following:
   (a) Three representatives of outreach programs, representing the
University of California, the California State University, and the
California Community Colleges, appointed by their respective
governing boards.
   (b) One representative of private colleges and universities,
appointed by the Association of California Independent Colleges and
Universities.
   (c) One representative of the California Postsecondary Education
Commission, appointed by the commission.
   (d) Two secondary school staff, appointed by the Superintendent of
Public Instruction.
   (e) Two persons representing the general public, one appointed by
the Speaker of the Assembly and the other by the Senate Rules
Committee.
   (f) Two postsecondary students, both appointed annually by the
California Postsecondary Education Commission.
   (g)  One   Two    college
campus financial aid  officer,   officers, 
appointed by the commission. 
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would expand the Student Opportunity and
Access Program administered by the Student Aid Commission.