BILL NUMBER: AB 2598INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fuentes FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act relating to postsecondary education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2598, as introduced, Fuentes. Military service: academic credit. Existing law authorizes the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and encourages the University of California, to coordinate services for qualified students who are veterans or members of the military by clearly designating Military and Veterans Offices and individuals to provide specified services. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish and administer a demonstration program that identifies, develops, and supports methods that maximize academic credit awarded by institutions of higher education to veterans and members of the military for military experience, education, and training obtained during military service in order to expedite the entry of veterans and members of the military into the workforce. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish and administer a demonstration program that identifies, develops, and supports methods that maximize academic credit awarded by institutions of higher education to veterans and members of the military for military experience, education, and training obtained during military service in order to expedite the entry of veterans and members of the military into the workforce.