BILL NUMBER: SB 380INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Allen FEBRUARY 24, 2015 An act to add Article 24 (commencing with Section 70050) to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 380, as introduced, Allen. Student financial aid: Topline Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program. Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the state agency charged with the responsibility of administering student financial aid programs, including the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program, the Assumption Program of Loans for Education, the State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education, the Graduate Assumption Program of Loans for Education, and the Middle Class Scholarship Program, among other programs. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish the Topline Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, which would make funds available to students at public postsecondary educational institutions who have graduated in the top 5% of their secondary school classes and have committed to teaching in public secondary schools for a specified number of years. 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. Article 24 (commencing with Section 70050) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: Article 24. Topline Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program 70050. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish the Topline Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, to make funds available to students at public postsecondary educational institutions who have graduated in the top 5 percent of their secondary school classes and have committed to teaching in public secondary schools for a specified number of years.