Bill Text: CA AB2282 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: CalFresh: enrollment: institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Referred to Com. on ED. [AB2282 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2282
| Introduced by Assembly Member McCarty |
February 14, 2020 |
An act to add Section 66027.7 to the Education Code, relating to CalFresh.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2282, as amended, McCarty.
CalFresh: enrollment: institutions of higher education.
Existing law provides for the CalFresh program, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county.
Existing law requires each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges, and requests each campus of the University of California, to include on the internet website-based account for an enrolled student notification of, and a link to information on, specified public services and programs, including the CalFresh program. Existing law, until January 1, 2022, also encourages the Regents of the University of California, requires the Trustees of the California State University, and authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to designate as a “hunger-free campus” each of the
institutions’ respective campuses that meet specified criteria, including having a campus employee designated to help ensure that students have the information they need to enroll in CalFresh.
This bill would require the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to, and would Colleges, and encourage the Regents of the University of California California, to, no later than July 1, 2021, and in consultation with the State Department of Social Services and county human services agencies, establish a CalFresh student outreach text messaging
program to provide students who are not enrolled in CalFresh with a link to an internet website with information on applying for CalFresh benefits and to provide students with the name and telephone number of the CalFresh eligibility worker on their respective campus, if one is available. The bill would require a college within those institutions to implement the program by text message, if the college has an existing text message system, or, if not, by email.
By imposing additional duties on community colleges to implement these provisions, 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.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 66027.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:66027.7.
(a) No later than July 1, 2021, the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall, and the Regents of the University of California are encouraged to, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services and county human services agencies, establish a CalFresh student outreach(a)Ask students if they are enrolled in CalFresh.
(b)
(1) Provide students who are not enrolled in CalFresh with a link to an internet website with information on applying for CalFresh benefits.
(c)
(2) Provide students with the name and telephone number of the CalFresh eligibility worker on each campus, if one is available.
(b) (1) If a college has a contract to send text messages to students, the college shall use its existing text message program for these purposes.
(2) If a college does not have a contract or capabilities to send text messages to students, the college shall satisfy the requirements of this outreach program by sending emails about CalFresh to students.
