CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 532Introduced by Assembly Member WeberFebruary 13, 2019 An act to add Section 66608 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 532, as introduced, Weber. California State University Parking Fairness Act.Existing law establishes the California State University and its various campuses under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the California State University.This bill would require each university campus to make the purchase price of each student parking permit lower than the purchase price of any campus employee parking permit that is valid for the same date or dates, time period or periods, and general location or locations on campus as the student permit.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Research conducted at Stanford University found that state colleges, including California State University (CSU) campuses, offer the most proven pathways to upward social mobility.(2) The main barrier to student success in the CSU system is a students ability to afford all of the costs of college attendance.(3) In the CSU system, a student has to find a way to afford tuition, campus-based fees, books, supplies, housing, food, personal costs, and transportation.(4) A key cost with respect to transportation for CSU students is the cost to park on campus.(5) On all CSU campuses, students pay more for parking than any other campus affiliate at a time when students are struggling more than ever to afford college.(6) According to the CSU, 2 in 5 CSU students experience chronic hunger and 1 in 10 experiences homelessness. Underrepresented minority students experience these issues at higher rates than nonminority students.(7) At the same time, student debt is increasing. The total outstanding student loan debt in the United States is $1,200,000,000,000, the second-highest level of consumer debt behind only mortgages. Most student loan debt is held by the federal government.(8) For the 201516 academic year, nearly 8 out of every 10 CSU baccalaureate degree recipients who borrowed federal student loan moneys had annual family incomes no greater than $54,000, and almost two-thirds had annual family incomes less than $27,000.(9) At CSU, underrepresented graduates of color are disproportionately more likely to have debt than their white peers.(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the cost to a CSU student to park on campus relative to any other campus affiliate.SEC. 2. Section 66608 is added to the Education Code, to read:66608. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California State University Parking Fairness Act.(b) For purposes of this section, campus affiliate means an employee, including a staff or faculty member or an administrator, at a California State University campus.(c) Each California State University campus shall make the purchase price of each student parking permit lower than the purchase price of any campus affiliate parking permit that is valid for the same date or dates, time period or periods, and general location or locations on campus as the student permit.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 532Introduced by Assembly Member WeberFebruary 13, 2019 An act to add Section 66608 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 532, as introduced, Weber. California State University Parking Fairness Act.Existing law establishes the California State University and its various campuses under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the California State University.This bill would require each university campus to make the purchase price of each student parking permit lower than the purchase price of any campus employee parking permit that is valid for the same date or dates, time period or periods, and general location or locations on campus as the student permit.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 532
Introduced by Assembly Member WeberFebruary 13, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Weber
February 13, 2019
An act to add Section 66608 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 532, as introduced, Weber. California State University Parking Fairness Act.
Existing law establishes the California State University and its various campuses under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the California State University.This bill would require each university campus to make the purchase price of each student parking permit lower than the purchase price of any campus employee parking permit that is valid for the same date or dates, time period or periods, and general location or locations on campus as the student permit.
Existing law establishes the California State University and its various campuses under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the California State University.
This bill would require each university campus to make the purchase price of each student parking permit lower than the purchase price of any campus employee parking permit that is valid for the same date or dates, time period or periods, and general location or locations on campus as the student permit.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Research conducted at Stanford University found that state colleges, including California State University (CSU) campuses, offer the most proven pathways to upward social mobility.(2) The main barrier to student success in the CSU system is a students ability to afford all of the costs of college attendance.(3) In the CSU system, a student has to find a way to afford tuition, campus-based fees, books, supplies, housing, food, personal costs, and transportation.(4) A key cost with respect to transportation for CSU students is the cost to park on campus.(5) On all CSU campuses, students pay more for parking than any other campus affiliate at a time when students are struggling more than ever to afford college.(6) According to the CSU, 2 in 5 CSU students experience chronic hunger and 1 in 10 experiences homelessness. Underrepresented minority students experience these issues at higher rates than nonminority students.(7) At the same time, student debt is increasing. The total outstanding student loan debt in the United States is $1,200,000,000,000, the second-highest level of consumer debt behind only mortgages. Most student loan debt is held by the federal government.(8) For the 201516 academic year, nearly 8 out of every 10 CSU baccalaureate degree recipients who borrowed federal student loan moneys had annual family incomes no greater than $54,000, and almost two-thirds had annual family incomes less than $27,000.(9) At CSU, underrepresented graduates of color are disproportionately more likely to have debt than their white peers.(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the cost to a CSU student to park on campus relative to any other campus affiliate.SEC. 2. Section 66608 is added to the Education Code, to read:66608. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California State University Parking Fairness Act.(b) For purposes of this section, campus affiliate means an employee, including a staff or faculty member or an administrator, at a California State University campus.(c) Each California State University campus shall make the purchase price of each student parking permit lower than the purchase price of any campus affiliate parking permit that is valid for the same date or dates, time period or periods, and general location or locations on campus as the student permit.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Research conducted at Stanford University found that state colleges, including California State University (CSU) campuses, offer the most proven pathways to upward social mobility.(2) The main barrier to student success in the CSU system is a students ability to afford all of the costs of college attendance.(3) In the CSU system, a student has to find a way to afford tuition, campus-based fees, books, supplies, housing, food, personal costs, and transportation.(4) A key cost with respect to transportation for CSU students is the cost to park on campus.(5) On all CSU campuses, students pay more for parking than any other campus affiliate at a time when students are struggling more than ever to afford college.(6) According to the CSU, 2 in 5 CSU students experience chronic hunger and 1 in 10 experiences homelessness. Underrepresented minority students experience these issues at higher rates than nonminority students.(7) At the same time, student debt is increasing. The total outstanding student loan debt in the United States is $1,200,000,000,000, the second-highest level of consumer debt behind only mortgages. Most student loan debt is held by the federal government.(8) For the 201516 academic year, nearly 8 out of every 10 CSU baccalaureate degree recipients who borrowed federal student loan moneys had annual family incomes no greater than $54,000, and almost two-thirds had annual family incomes less than $27,000.(9) At CSU, underrepresented graduates of color are disproportionately more likely to have debt than their white peers.(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the cost to a CSU student to park on campus relative to any other campus affiliate.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) Research conducted at Stanford University found that state colleges, including California State University (CSU) campuses, offer the most proven pathways to upward social mobility.(2) The main barrier to student success in the CSU system is a students ability to afford all of the costs of college attendance.(3) In the CSU system, a student has to find a way to afford tuition, campus-based fees, books, supplies, housing, food, personal costs, and transportation.(4) A key cost with respect to transportation for CSU students is the cost to park on campus.(5) On all CSU campuses, students pay more for parking than any other campus affiliate at a time when students are struggling more than ever to afford college.(6) According to the CSU, 2 in 5 CSU students experience chronic hunger and 1 in 10 experiences homelessness. Underrepresented minority students experience these issues at higher rates than nonminority students.(7) At the same time, student debt is increasing. The total outstanding student loan debt in the United States is $1,200,000,000,000, the second-highest level of consumer debt behind only mortgages. Most student loan debt is held by the federal government.(8) For the 201516 academic year, nearly 8 out of every 10 CSU baccalaureate degree recipients who borrowed federal student loan moneys had annual family incomes no greater than $54,000, and almost two-thirds had annual family incomes less than $27,000.(9) At CSU, underrepresented graduates of color are disproportionately more likely to have debt than their white peers.(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the cost to a CSU student to park on campus relative to any other campus affiliate.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(1) Research conducted at Stanford University found that state colleges, including California State University (CSU) campuses, offer the most proven pathways to upward social mobility.
(2) The main barrier to student success in the CSU system is a students ability to afford all of the costs of college attendance.
(3) In the CSU system, a student has to find a way to afford tuition, campus-based fees, books, supplies, housing, food, personal costs, and transportation.
(4) A key cost with respect to transportation for CSU students is the cost to park on campus.
(5) On all CSU campuses, students pay more for parking than any other campus affiliate at a time when students are struggling more than ever to afford college.
(6) According to the CSU, 2 in 5 CSU students experience chronic hunger and 1 in 10 experiences homelessness. Underrepresented minority students experience these issues at higher rates than nonminority students.
(7) At the same time, student debt is increasing. The total outstanding student loan debt in the United States is $1,200,000,000,000, the second-highest level of consumer debt behind only mortgages. Most student loan debt is held by the federal government.
(8) For the 201516 academic year, nearly 8 out of every 10 CSU baccalaureate degree recipients who borrowed federal student loan moneys had annual family incomes no greater than $54,000, and almost two-thirds had annual family incomes less than $27,000.
(9) At CSU, underrepresented graduates of color are disproportionately more likely to have debt than their white peers.
(b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to reduce the cost to a CSU student to park on campus relative to any other campus affiliate.
SEC. 2. Section 66608 is added to the Education Code, to read:66608. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California State University Parking Fairness Act.(b) For purposes of this section, campus affiliate means an employee, including a staff or faculty member or an administrator, at a California State University campus.(c) Each California State University campus shall make the purchase price of each student parking permit lower than the purchase price of any campus affiliate parking permit that is valid for the same date or dates, time period or periods, and general location or locations on campus as the student permit.
SEC. 2. Section 66608 is added to the Education Code, to read:
### SEC. 2.
66608. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California State University Parking Fairness Act.(b) For purposes of this section, campus affiliate means an employee, including a staff or faculty member or an administrator, at a California State University campus.(c) Each California State University campus shall make the purchase price of each student parking permit lower than the purchase price of any campus affiliate parking permit that is valid for the same date or dates, time period or periods, and general location or locations on campus as the student permit.
66608. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California State University Parking Fairness Act.(b) For purposes of this section, campus affiliate means an employee, including a staff or faculty member or an administrator, at a California State University campus.(c) Each California State University campus shall make the purchase price of each student parking permit lower than the purchase price of any campus affiliate parking permit that is valid for the same date or dates, time period or periods, and general location or locations on campus as the student permit.
66608. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California State University Parking Fairness Act.(b) For purposes of this section, campus affiliate means an employee, including a staff or faculty member or an administrator, at a California State University campus.(c) Each California State University campus shall make the purchase price of each student parking permit lower than the purchase price of any campus affiliate parking permit that is valid for the same date or dates, time period or periods, and general location or locations on campus as the student permit.
66608. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California State University Parking Fairness Act.
(b) For purposes of this section, campus affiliate means an employee, including a staff or faculty member or an administrator, at a California State University campus.
(c) Each California State University campus shall make the purchase price of each student parking permit lower than the purchase price of any campus affiliate parking permit that is valid for the same date or dates, time period or periods, and general location or locations on campus as the student permit.