California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB3034 Amended / Bill

Filed 05/16/2024

                    Amended IN  Assembly  May 16, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  March 19, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3034Introduced by Assembly Member LowFebruary 16, 2024An act to add Section 66025.5 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3034, as amended, Low. Public postsecondary education: waiver of tuition and fees: California Conservation Corps.Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, which are 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The Donahoe Higher Education Act prohibits the campuses of those segments from charging mandatory systemwide tuition or fees to specified students who apply for a waiver, including a child of any veteran of the United States military who has a service-connected disability, has been killed in service, or has died of a service-connected disability, an undergraduate student who is a recipient of a Medal of Honor, or an undergraduate student who is a child of a recipient of a Medal of Honor and who is no more than 27 years of age, if certain requirements are satisfied. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by appropriate resolution, to make them applicable.This bill would additionally prohibit the campuses of the California State University and the University of California from charging mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, as specified, for students who meet certain requirements, including having completed one year in the California Conservation Corps. The bill would apply to the campuses of the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.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. Section 66025.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:66025.5. (a) As used in this section, institution the following definitions apply:(1) Institution means a campus of the California State University or the University of California.(2) Persons and families of low or moderate income has the same meaning as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An institution shall not charge any mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, including enrollment fees, registration fees, differential fees, or incidental fees, to a student who meets all of the following requirements:(1) Has completed at least one year of service in the California Conservation Corps.(2) Maintains full-time enrollment in an undergraduate program at the institution.(3) Maintains a minimum grade point average and meets other conditions necessary for the student to be in good standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(4) Maintains good behavioral standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(5) Is a person of low or moderate income or is a member of a family of low or moderate income.(c) A student shall not have the students mandatory systemwide tuition or fees waived pursuant to this section in excess of the equivalent of two years of attendance in an undergraduate program at the institution that the student attends.(d) A student who is eligible for a waiver of tuition or fees under this section may receive a waiver for each academic year during which the student applies for that waiver, but an eligible student may not receive a waiver of tuition or fees for a prior academic year.(e) The waiver of tuition or fees under this section shall apply only to a student who is determined to be a resident of California pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 68000) of Part 41.(f) Consistent with Section 67400, this section shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.

 Amended IN  Assembly  May 16, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  March 19, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3034Introduced by Assembly Member LowFebruary 16, 2024An act to add Section 66025.5 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3034, as amended, Low. Public postsecondary education: waiver of tuition and fees: California Conservation Corps.Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, which are 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The Donahoe Higher Education Act prohibits the campuses of those segments from charging mandatory systemwide tuition or fees to specified students who apply for a waiver, including a child of any veteran of the United States military who has a service-connected disability, has been killed in service, or has died of a service-connected disability, an undergraduate student who is a recipient of a Medal of Honor, or an undergraduate student who is a child of a recipient of a Medal of Honor and who is no more than 27 years of age, if certain requirements are satisfied. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by appropriate resolution, to make them applicable.This bill would additionally prohibit the campuses of the California State University and the University of California from charging mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, as specified, for students who meet certain requirements, including having completed one year in the California Conservation Corps. The bill would apply to the campuses of the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  May 16, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  March 19, 2024

Amended IN  Assembly  May 16, 2024
Amended IN  Assembly  March 19, 2024

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 3034

Introduced by Assembly Member LowFebruary 16, 2024

Introduced by Assembly Member Low
February 16, 2024

An act to add Section 66025.5 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 3034, as amended, Low. Public postsecondary education: waiver of tuition and fees: California Conservation Corps.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, which are 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The Donahoe Higher Education Act prohibits the campuses of those segments from charging mandatory systemwide tuition or fees to specified students who apply for a waiver, including a child of any veteran of the United States military who has a service-connected disability, has been killed in service, or has died of a service-connected disability, an undergraduate student who is a recipient of a Medal of Honor, or an undergraduate student who is a child of a recipient of a Medal of Honor and who is no more than 27 years of age, if certain requirements are satisfied. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by appropriate resolution, to make them applicable.This bill would additionally prohibit the campuses of the California State University and the University of California from charging mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, as specified, for students who meet certain requirements, including having completed one year in the California Conservation Corps. The bill would apply to the campuses of the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, which are 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The Donahoe Higher Education Act prohibits the campuses of those segments from charging mandatory systemwide tuition or fees to specified students who apply for a waiver, including a child of any veteran of the United States military who has a service-connected disability, has been killed in service, or has died of a service-connected disability, an undergraduate student who is a recipient of a Medal of Honor, or an undergraduate student who is a child of a recipient of a Medal of Honor and who is no more than 27 years of age, if certain requirements are satisfied. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by appropriate resolution, to make them applicable.

This bill would additionally prohibit the campuses of the California State University and the University of California from charging mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, as specified, for students who meet certain requirements, including having completed one year in the California Conservation Corps. The bill would apply to the campuses of the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 66025.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:66025.5. (a) As used in this section, institution the following definitions apply:(1) Institution means a campus of the California State University or the University of California.(2) Persons and families of low or moderate income has the same meaning as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An institution shall not charge any mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, including enrollment fees, registration fees, differential fees, or incidental fees, to a student who meets all of the following requirements:(1) Has completed at least one year of service in the California Conservation Corps.(2) Maintains full-time enrollment in an undergraduate program at the institution.(3) Maintains a minimum grade point average and meets other conditions necessary for the student to be in good standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(4) Maintains good behavioral standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(5) Is a person of low or moderate income or is a member of a family of low or moderate income.(c) A student shall not have the students mandatory systemwide tuition or fees waived pursuant to this section in excess of the equivalent of two years of attendance in an undergraduate program at the institution that the student attends.(d) A student who is eligible for a waiver of tuition or fees under this section may receive a waiver for each academic year during which the student applies for that waiver, but an eligible student may not receive a waiver of tuition or fees for a prior academic year.(e) The waiver of tuition or fees under this section shall apply only to a student who is determined to be a resident of California pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 68000) of Part 41.(f) Consistent with Section 67400, this section shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 66025.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:66025.5. (a) As used in this section, institution the following definitions apply:(1) Institution means a campus of the California State University or the University of California.(2) Persons and families of low or moderate income has the same meaning as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An institution shall not charge any mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, including enrollment fees, registration fees, differential fees, or incidental fees, to a student who meets all of the following requirements:(1) Has completed at least one year of service in the California Conservation Corps.(2) Maintains full-time enrollment in an undergraduate program at the institution.(3) Maintains a minimum grade point average and meets other conditions necessary for the student to be in good standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(4) Maintains good behavioral standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(5) Is a person of low or moderate income or is a member of a family of low or moderate income.(c) A student shall not have the students mandatory systemwide tuition or fees waived pursuant to this section in excess of the equivalent of two years of attendance in an undergraduate program at the institution that the student attends.(d) A student who is eligible for a waiver of tuition or fees under this section may receive a waiver for each academic year during which the student applies for that waiver, but an eligible student may not receive a waiver of tuition or fees for a prior academic year.(e) The waiver of tuition or fees under this section shall apply only to a student who is determined to be a resident of California pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 68000) of Part 41.(f) Consistent with Section 67400, this section shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.

SECTION 1. Section 66025.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

66025.5. (a) As used in this section, institution the following definitions apply:(1) Institution means a campus of the California State University or the University of California.(2) Persons and families of low or moderate income has the same meaning as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An institution shall not charge any mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, including enrollment fees, registration fees, differential fees, or incidental fees, to a student who meets all of the following requirements:(1) Has completed at least one year of service in the California Conservation Corps.(2) Maintains full-time enrollment in an undergraduate program at the institution.(3) Maintains a minimum grade point average and meets other conditions necessary for the student to be in good standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(4) Maintains good behavioral standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(5) Is a person of low or moderate income or is a member of a family of low or moderate income.(c) A student shall not have the students mandatory systemwide tuition or fees waived pursuant to this section in excess of the equivalent of two years of attendance in an undergraduate program at the institution that the student attends.(d) A student who is eligible for a waiver of tuition or fees under this section may receive a waiver for each academic year during which the student applies for that waiver, but an eligible student may not receive a waiver of tuition or fees for a prior academic year.(e) The waiver of tuition or fees under this section shall apply only to a student who is determined to be a resident of California pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 68000) of Part 41.(f) Consistent with Section 67400, this section shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.

66025.5. (a) As used in this section, institution the following definitions apply:(1) Institution means a campus of the California State University or the University of California.(2) Persons and families of low or moderate income has the same meaning as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An institution shall not charge any mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, including enrollment fees, registration fees, differential fees, or incidental fees, to a student who meets all of the following requirements:(1) Has completed at least one year of service in the California Conservation Corps.(2) Maintains full-time enrollment in an undergraduate program at the institution.(3) Maintains a minimum grade point average and meets other conditions necessary for the student to be in good standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(4) Maintains good behavioral standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(5) Is a person of low or moderate income or is a member of a family of low or moderate income.(c) A student shall not have the students mandatory systemwide tuition or fees waived pursuant to this section in excess of the equivalent of two years of attendance in an undergraduate program at the institution that the student attends.(d) A student who is eligible for a waiver of tuition or fees under this section may receive a waiver for each academic year during which the student applies for that waiver, but an eligible student may not receive a waiver of tuition or fees for a prior academic year.(e) The waiver of tuition or fees under this section shall apply only to a student who is determined to be a resident of California pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 68000) of Part 41.(f) Consistent with Section 67400, this section shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.

66025.5. (a) As used in this section, institution the following definitions apply:(1) Institution means a campus of the California State University or the University of California.(2) Persons and families of low or moderate income has the same meaning as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An institution shall not charge any mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, including enrollment fees, registration fees, differential fees, or incidental fees, to a student who meets all of the following requirements:(1) Has completed at least one year of service in the California Conservation Corps.(2) Maintains full-time enrollment in an undergraduate program at the institution.(3) Maintains a minimum grade point average and meets other conditions necessary for the student to be in good standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(4) Maintains good behavioral standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.(5) Is a person of low or moderate income or is a member of a family of low or moderate income.(c) A student shall not have the students mandatory systemwide tuition or fees waived pursuant to this section in excess of the equivalent of two years of attendance in an undergraduate program at the institution that the student attends.(d) A student who is eligible for a waiver of tuition or fees under this section may receive a waiver for each academic year during which the student applies for that waiver, but an eligible student may not receive a waiver of tuition or fees for a prior academic year.(e) The waiver of tuition or fees under this section shall apply only to a student who is determined to be a resident of California pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 68000) of Part 41.(f) Consistent with Section 67400, this section shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.



66025.5. (a) As used in this section, institution the following definitions apply:

(1) Institution means a campus of the California State University or the University of California.

(2) Persons and families of low or moderate income has the same meaning as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) An institution shall not charge any mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, including enrollment fees, registration fees, differential fees, or incidental fees, to a student who meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Has completed at least one year of service in the California Conservation Corps.

(2) Maintains full-time enrollment in an undergraduate program at the institution.

(3) Maintains a minimum grade point average and meets other conditions necessary for the student to be in good standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.

(4) Maintains good behavioral standing at the institution, as determined by the appropriate public postsecondary segment.

(5) Is a person of low or moderate income or is a member of a family of low or moderate income.

(c) A student shall not have the students mandatory systemwide tuition or fees waived pursuant to this section in excess of the equivalent of two years of attendance in an undergraduate program at the institution that the student attends.

(d) A student who is eligible for a waiver of tuition or fees under this section may receive a waiver for each academic year during which the student applies for that waiver, but an eligible student may not receive a waiver of tuition or fees for a prior academic year.

(e) The waiver of tuition or fees under this section shall apply only to a student who is determined to be a resident of California pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 68000) of Part 41.

(f) Consistent with Section 67400, this section shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.