AB 540 — Postsecondary education: student financial aid: California Dreamer Service Incentive Grant Program.

Summary

Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission to administer state student financial aid programs, including, among other programs, the Cal Grant Program, the Assumption Program of Loans for Education, and the Middle Class Scholarship Program. Existing law also requires that a person, other than a nonimmigrant alien, as defined, who has attended high school in California for 3 or more years, who has graduated from a California high school or attained the equivalent thereof, who has registered at or attends an accredited institution of higher education in California not earlier than the fall semester or quarter of the 2001–02 academic year, and who, if the person is an alien without lawful immigration status, has filed a prescribed affidavit, is exempt from paying nonresident tuition at the California Community Colleges and the California State University. Existing law, known as the California Dream Act of 2011, provides that a student attending the California State University, the California Community Colleges, or the University of California who is exempt from paying nonresident tuition under the provision described above is eligible to receive a scholarship derived from nonstate funds received, for the purpose of scholarships, by the public postsecondary educational segment that the student attends. Existing law establishes, commencing with the 2019–20 academic year, the Cal Grant B Service Incentive Grant Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. This program requires a participating student, in order to receive a grant award under the program, among other requirements, to be a recipient of a Cal Grant B award; to be enrolled as a student at a campus of the University of California, the California State University, or the California Community Colleges, or at an independent institution of higher education, as defined; and to perform at least 100 hours per quarter or 150 hours per semester of community or volunteer service, as provided. Existing law establishes the eligibility requirements for students participating in the program, including submission of a California Dream Act application to the commission and meeting all of the requirements for an exemption from paying nonresident tuition as described above. Existing law also specifies the requirements for the community or volunteer service performed by participating students to be applied toward the earning of grant awards under the program. This bill would change the name of the Cal Grant B Service Incentive Grant Program to the California Dreamer Service Incentive Grant Program. The bill would require that an organization at which the community or volunteer service is performed by a participating student under the program to have been established for a minimum of 2 years before the first date on which a participating student begins performing service hours to qualify for the program. The bill would also authorize the commission to adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of the program as emergency regulations, as specified.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 10/04/19 - Chaptered Current pdf October 04, 2019
• Enrolled 09/10/19 - Enrolled pdf September 10, 2019
• Amended 08/30/19 - Amended Senate pdf August 30, 2019
• Introduced 02/13/19 - Introduced pdf February 13, 2019
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Action History

1. October 04, 2019

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 513, Statutes of 2019.

2. October 04, 2019

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 12, 2019

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

4. September 09, 2019

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 3124.).

5. September 05, 2019

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

6. September 04, 2019

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2528.).

7. September 03, 2019

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

8. August 30, 2019

   Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

9. August 30, 2019

   From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30).

10. August 12, 2019

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

11. July 03, 2019

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

12. June 06, 2019

    Referred to Com. on ED.

13. May 24, 2019

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

14. May 23, 2019

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 1869.)

15. May 20, 2019

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

16. May 16, 2019

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 16).

17. May 01, 2019

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

18. April 24, 2019

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

19. February 25, 2019

    Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

20. February 14, 2019

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

21. February 13, 2019

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Monique Limón · Primary

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