Bill Text: CA SB906 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: priority enrollment systems.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 437, Statutes of 2016. [SB906 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB906-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 906 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 437
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 25, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 18, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Senator Beall
(Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Block, Hall, Hancock, Leno, Liu,
McGuire, Mendoza, Mitchell, Wieckowski, and Wolk)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cristina Garcia, Gordon, and Holden)
JANUARY 25, 2016
An act to amend Sections 66025.9 and 66025.91 of the Education
Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 906, Beall. Public postsecondary education: priority enrollment
systems.
(1) Existing law requires the California State University and each
community college district, and requests the University of
California, with respect to each campus in their respective
jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant
priority for registration for enrollment to foster youth or former
foster youth, as defined. Existing law repeals these requirements on
January 1, 2017.
This bill would revise the definition of foster youth or former
foster youth for these provisions. This bill would extend the
operation of these provisions indefinitely. By extending the
operation of requirements relating to student eligibility for
priority registration at community college districts, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
(2) Existing law requires each community college district, with
respect to each campus in its jurisdiction that administers a
priority enrollment system, to grant priority for registration for
enrollment to students in the Community College Extended Opportunity
Programs and Services program and to disabled students who are
determined to be eligible for disabled student programs and services,
as provided. Existing law repeals these requirements on January 1,
2017.
This bill would extend the operation of those provisions
indefinitely. By extending the operation of requirements relating to
student eligibility for priority registration at community college
districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section
66025.9 of the Education Code, proposed by AB 801, to be operative
only if AB 801 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective
on or before January 1, 2017, and this bill is chaptered last.
(4) 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.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 66025.9 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
66025.9. (a) The California State University and each community
college district shall, and the University of California is requested
to, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions
that administers a priority enrollment system, grant priority in that
system for registration for enrollment to a foster youth or former
foster youth.
(b) For purposes of this section, "foster youth or former foster
youth" means a person in California whose dependency was established
or continued by the court on or after the youth's 16th birthday and
who is no older than 25 years of age at the commencement of the
academic year.
SEC. 1.5. Section 66025.9 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
66025.9. (a) The California State University and each community
college district shall, and the University of California is requested
to, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions
that administers a priority enrollment system, grant priority in that
system for registration for enrollment to a foster youth or former
foster youth or, until January 1, 2020, homeless youth.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Foster youth and former foster youth" means a person in
California whose dependency was established or continued by the court
on or after the youth's 16th birthday and who is no older than 25
years of age at the commencement of the academic year.
(2) "Homeless youth" means a student under 25 years of age, who
has been verified at any time during the 24 months immediately
preceding the receipt of his or her application for admission by a
postsecondary educational institution that is a qualifying
institution pursuant to Section 69432.7, as a homeless child or
youth, as defined in subsection (2) of Section 725 of the federal
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), by
at least one of the following:
(i) A homeless services provider, as that term is defined in
paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 103577 of the Health and
Safety Code.
(ii) The director of a federal TRIO program or Gaining Early
Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs program, or a
designee of that director.
(iii) A financial aid administrator for an institution of higher
education.
(c) For purposes of this section, a student who is verified as a
homeless youth as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) shall
retain that status for a period of six years from the date of
admission to the postsecondary educational institution.
SEC. 2. Section 66025.91 of the Education Code is amended to read:
66025.91. Each community college district, with respect to each
campus in its jurisdiction that administers a priority enrollment
system, shall grant priority registration for enrollment to students
in the Community College Extended Opportunity Programs and Services
program, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 69640) of
Chapter 2 of Part 42, and disabled students, within the meaning of
the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec.
12101 et seq.), who are determined to be eligible for disabled
student programs and services pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing with
Section 67300) and Section 84850.
SEC. 3. Section 1.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to
Section 66025.9 of the Education Code proposed by both this bill and
Assembly Bill 801. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills
are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2017, (2)
each bill amends Section 66025.9 of the Education Code, and (3) this
bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 801, in which case Section 1 of
this bill shall not become operative.
SEC. 4. 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.
