California 2015 2015-2016 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2520 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/19/2016

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2520INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Rodriguez FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act relating to student financial aid. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2520, as introduced, Rodriguez. Student financial aid: task force. Existing law establishes various student financial aid programs under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for the recipients of awards under those programs by participating students attending qualifying institutions. This bill would express the Legislature's intent to enact legislation that would provide for the establishment of a task force to study and recommend strategies for increasing the number and diversity of high school pupils completing applications for state and federal student financial aid for postsecondary institutions. 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 provide for the establishment of a task force to study and recommend strategies for increasing the number and diversity of high school pupils completing applications for state and federal student financial aid for postsecondary institutions.