Bill Text: CA SB765 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Teachers: retired teachers: compensation limitation.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 885, Statutes of 2023. [SB765 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB765-Amended.html
Amended
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Assembly
June 30, 2023 |
Amended
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Assembly
June 19, 2023 |
Amended
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Senate
May 03, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 11, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 20, 2023 |
Introduced by Senator Portantino (Coauthor: Senator Jones) |
February 17, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
(3)The Cal Grant Program establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Expanded Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. Under existing law, a requirement of the program includes determining financial need to establish an applicant’s initial eligibility for a Cal Grant award and a renewing recipient’s continued eligibility, as provided, and agrees to repay the state the total amount of Cal Grant awards received pursuant to the exemption if the applicant fails to enroll in a teacher
preparation program within one academic year of completing the applicant’s baccalaureate degree, as specified.
This bill would, commencing with the 2024–25 award year, and for each award year thereafter, require 1,000 of the awarded Cal Grants to be exempt from the above-described requirement of determining financial need if the applicant meets the other requirements of the program, as specified, and the applicant files a statement of intent with the commission stating that the applicant agrees to enroll in a teacher preparation program upon completion of a baccalaureate degree, as provided.
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 24214.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:24214.1.
(a) Commencing July 1, 2024, the compensation earned by a member who retired for service under this part shall be exempt from subdivisions (d), (f), and (g) of Section 24214 if the member performs retired member activities for an employer, excluding a community college district, and all requirements provided in this section are met.SEC. 3.
Section 24214.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:24214.5.
(a) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 24214, the postretirement compensation limitation that shall apply to the compensation paid in cash to the retired member for performance of retired member activities, excluding reimbursements paid by an employer for expenses incurred by the member in which payment of the expenses by the member is substantiated, shall be zero dollars ($0) during the first 180 calendar days after the most recent retirement of a member retired for service under this part.SEC. 4.
Section 44415.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:44415.5.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply for the Teacher Residency Grant Program:(a)A Cal Grant applicant shall submit a complete official financial aid application pursuant to Section 69433 and applicable regulations adopted by the commission. Each pupil enrolled in grade 12 in a California public school, including a charter school, other than pupils who opt out as provided in subdivision (d), shall be deemed to be a Cal Grant applicant.
(b)Financial need shall be determined to establish an applicant’s initial eligibility for a Cal Grant award and a renewing recipient’s continued eligibility using the federal financial need methodology pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 69506 and applicable regulations adopted by the commission, and as established by Title IV
of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.).
(1)“Expected family contribution,” with respect to an applicant or renewing recipient, shall be determined using the federal methodology pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 69506 (as established by Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.)) and applicable rules and regulations adopted by the commission.
(2)“Financial need” means the difference between the student’s cost of attendance as determined by the commission and the expected family contribution. The calculation of financial need shall be consistent with Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.).
(3)(A)The minimum financial need required for receipt of an initial and renewal Cal Grant A or C award shall be no less than the maximum annual award value for the applicable institution, plus an additional one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) of financial need.
(B)The minimum financial need required for receipt of an initial and renewal Cal Grant B award shall be no less than seven hundred dollars ($700).
(4)Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 award years, a student with an initial or renewal Cal Grant A award impacted by a change in the student’s living status, from living on-campus to living off-campus or from living on-campus to living at home, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, shall have the student’s eligibility for the initial or renewal Cal Grant A award calculated based on what it would have been had the change in the student’s living status due to the COVID-19 pandemic not occurred.
(c)(1)The commission shall require that a grade point average be submitted to it for all Cal Grant A and B applicants, except for those permitted to provide test scores in lieu of a grade point average or as provided in subclause (II) of clause (iii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2).
(2)(A)On or before January 1, 2025, the commission shall require that any grade point average data required for eligibility for student financial aid programs be submitted by local educational agencies through the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System established by Section 60900 for transmittal to the California College Guidance Initiative. The governing board of the Cradle-to-Career Data System shall be responsible for developing a timeline to guide the commission’s implementation of this paragraph.
(B)(i)The commission shall require that a grade point average be submitted to it electronically on a standardized form for all grade 12 pupils at public schools, including charter schools, no later than October 1 of each academic year, except for pupils who have opted out as provided in subdivision (d). Social security numbers shall not be included in the information submitted to the commission. However, if the commission determines that a social security number is required to complete the application for financial aid, the school, school district, or charter school may obtain permission from the parent or guardian of the pupil, or the pupil, if the pupil is 18 years of age, to submit the pupil’s social security number to the commission.
(ii)The commission shall require that each report of a grade point average include a certification, executed under penalty of perjury, by a school official, that the grade point average reported is accurately reported. The certification shall include a statement that it is subject to review by the commission or its designee.
(iii)(I)The commission shall adopt regulations that establish a grace period for receipt of the grade point average and any appropriate corrections, and that set forth the circumstances under which a student may submit a specified test score designated by the commission, by regulation, in lieu of submitting a qualifying grade point average.
(II)Notwithstanding subclause (I), for the 2021–22 award year, commission staff may waive the requirement to submit a test score in lieu of a qualifying grade point average for a student who does not have a grade point average and is unable to submit a test score due to unavailability of designated testing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The commission shall require a student seeking a waiver under this subclause to submit a signed certification verifying they were prevented from taking and submitting a test score in lieu of a qualifying grade point average due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For purposes of consideration for a Cal Grant A or B Entitlement award when applying with a waiver under this subclause for the 2021–22 award year, students shall have until May 16, 2021, to complete and submit their financial aid application and signed certification verifying they were prevented from taking and submitting a test score in lieu of a qualifying grade point average.
(iv)The requirements of this subparagraph shall become inoperative upon the submission by the commission of any required grade point average through the Cradle-to-Career Data System pursuant to subparagraph (A).
(3)It is the intent of the Legislature that high schools and institutions of higher education certify the grade point averages of their students in time to meet the application deadlines imposed by this chapter.
(4)(A)It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission make available to each high school and school district a report identifying all grade 12 pupils within the high school or school district, respectively, who have and have not completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or the California Dream Act application.
(B)The requirements of this paragraph shall become inoperative upon the submission by the local educational agency of any required grade point average through the Cradle-to-Career Data System pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2).
(d)(1)The school district or charter school shall, no later than January 1 of a pupil’s grade 11 academic year, notify, in writing, each grade 11 pupil and, for a pupil under 18 years of age, the pupil’s parent or guardian that, pursuant to subdivision (a), the pupil will be deemed a Cal Grant applicant unless the pupil opts out within a period of time specified in the notice, which shall not be less than 30 days. The required notice shall indicate when the school will first send grade point averages to the commission and the submission deadline of October 1. The school district or charter school shall provide an opportunity for the pupil to opt out of being automatically deemed a Cal Grant applicant.
(2)Until a pupil turns 18 years of age, only a parent or guardian may opt the pupil out. Once a pupil turns 18 years of age, only the pupil may opt the pupil out and, if before the conclusion of the notice period, the pupil may opt in over the prior decision of a parent or guardian to opt out.
(e)Commencing with the 2024–25 award year, and for each award year thereafter, 1,000 of the awarded Cal Grants shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision (b) if all of the following are met:
(1)The requirements of subdivisions (c) and (d).
(2)The applicant files a statement of intent with the Student Aid Commission stating that the applicant agrees to enroll in a teacher preparation program that is approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing upon completion of the applicant’s baccalaureate degree.
(3)The applicant agrees to repay the state the total amount of Cal Grant awards received pursuant to this subdivision if the applicant fails to enroll in a teacher preparation program that is approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing within one academic year of completing the applicant’s baccalaureate degree.