BILL NUMBER: SB 62INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Pavley DECEMBER 30, 2014 An act to add and repeal Section 69615.9 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 62, as introduced, Pavley. Student financial aid: Assumption Program of Loans for Education. Existing law establishes the Assumption Program of Loans for Education, administered by the Student Aid Commission, under which any person enrolled in a participating institution of postsecondary education, or any person who agrees to participate in a teacher trainee or teacher internship program, is eligible to enter into an agreement for loan assumption, to be redeemed pursuant to a prescribed procedure upon becoming employed as a teacher if he or she satisfies certain conditions. Existing law requires the Student Aid Commission to make an annual report to the Legislature that includes specified information about program participants. This bill would require the State Department of Education, in conjunction with the Student Aid Commission, to report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2017, on the need for the program, any modifications that may be needed to improve the program' s effectiveness in increasing the supply of high-quality teachers for high-needs and low-performing schools, and the need to establish new recruitment and financial aid programs to accomplish that objective. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 69615.9 is added to the Education Code, to read: 69615.9. (a) The department shall, in conjunction with the commission, report to the Legislature on the need for the program established by this article, any modifications that may be needed to improve the program's effectiveness in increasing the supply of high-quality teachers for high-needs and low-performing schools, and the need to establish new recruitment and financial aid programs to accomplish that objective. This report shall be submitted to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2017. (b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. (2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2020.