California 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB587 Amended / Bill

Filed 02/27/2025

                    Amended IN  Assembly  February 27, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 587Introduced by Assembly Member DaviesFebruary 12, 2025 An act to add Article 3.8 (commencing with Section 92628) to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to the University of California. An act to amend Section 69510 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 587, as amended, Davies. University of California: administrative expenditures: reduction. Student Aid Commission: membership.Existing law establishes the 15-member Student Aid Commission, with prescribed membership, as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education.This bill would increase the membership of the commission to 16 by adding one representative appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes.This bill would request the University of California to reduce, before the 202829 fiscal year, the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs by at least 10% below the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs in the 202526 fiscal year.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 69510 of the Education Code is amended to read:69510. The Student Aid Commission shall be composed of the following 15 16 members:(a) One representative from public, proprietary, or nonprofit postsecondary schools located in California.(b) One representative from a California independent college or university.(c) One representative each from the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges.(d) Two members each of whom shall be a student enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution at the time of appointment, and shall be enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution for the duration of the term. A student member who graduates from an institution with no more than six months of his or her the student members term remaining shall be permitted to serve for the remainder of the term.(e) Three public members.(f) One representative from a California secondary school.(g) Two representatives appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.(h) Two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(i) One representative appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.SECTION 1.Article 3.8 (commencing with Section 92628) is added to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:3.8.Administrative Expenditures: Reduction92628.Notwithstanding any other law, the University of California is requested to reduce, before the 202829 fiscal year, the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs by at least 10 percent below the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs in the 202526 fiscal year.

 Amended IN  Assembly  February 27, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 587Introduced by Assembly Member DaviesFebruary 12, 2025 An act to add Article 3.8 (commencing with Section 92628) to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to the University of California. An act to amend Section 69510 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 587, as amended, Davies. University of California: administrative expenditures: reduction. Student Aid Commission: membership.Existing law establishes the 15-member Student Aid Commission, with prescribed membership, as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education.This bill would increase the membership of the commission to 16 by adding one representative appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes.This bill would request the University of California to reduce, before the 202829 fiscal year, the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs by at least 10% below the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs in the 202526 fiscal year.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  February 27, 2025

Amended IN  Assembly  February 27, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 587

Introduced by Assembly Member DaviesFebruary 12, 2025

Introduced by Assembly Member Davies
February 12, 2025

 An act to add Article 3.8 (commencing with Section 92628) to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to the University of California. An act to amend Section 69510 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 587, as amended, Davies. University of California: administrative expenditures: reduction. Student Aid Commission: membership.

Existing law establishes the 15-member Student Aid Commission, with prescribed membership, as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education.This bill would increase the membership of the commission to 16 by adding one representative appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes.This bill would request the University of California to reduce, before the 202829 fiscal year, the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs by at least 10% below the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs in the 202526 fiscal year.

Existing law establishes the 15-member Student Aid Commission, with prescribed membership, as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education.

This bill would increase the membership of the commission to 16 by adding one representative appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.

The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes.



This bill would request the University of California to reduce, before the 202829 fiscal year, the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs by at least 10% below the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs in the 202526 fiscal year.



## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 69510 of the Education Code is amended to read:69510. The Student Aid Commission shall be composed of the following 15 16 members:(a) One representative from public, proprietary, or nonprofit postsecondary schools located in California.(b) One representative from a California independent college or university.(c) One representative each from the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges.(d) Two members each of whom shall be a student enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution at the time of appointment, and shall be enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution for the duration of the term. A student member who graduates from an institution with no more than six months of his or her the student members term remaining shall be permitted to serve for the remainder of the term.(e) Three public members.(f) One representative from a California secondary school.(g) Two representatives appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.(h) Two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(i) One representative appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.SECTION 1.Article 3.8 (commencing with Section 92628) is added to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:3.8.Administrative Expenditures: Reduction92628.Notwithstanding any other law, the University of California is requested to reduce, before the 202829 fiscal year, the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs by at least 10 percent below the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs in the 202526 fiscal year.

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 69510 of the Education Code is amended to read:69510. The Student Aid Commission shall be composed of the following 15 16 members:(a) One representative from public, proprietary, or nonprofit postsecondary schools located in California.(b) One representative from a California independent college or university.(c) One representative each from the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges.(d) Two members each of whom shall be a student enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution at the time of appointment, and shall be enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution for the duration of the term. A student member who graduates from an institution with no more than six months of his or her the student members term remaining shall be permitted to serve for the remainder of the term.(e) Three public members.(f) One representative from a California secondary school.(g) Two representatives appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.(h) Two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(i) One representative appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.

SECTION 1. Section 69510 of the Education Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

69510. The Student Aid Commission shall be composed of the following 15 16 members:(a) One representative from public, proprietary, or nonprofit postsecondary schools located in California.(b) One representative from a California independent college or university.(c) One representative each from the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges.(d) Two members each of whom shall be a student enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution at the time of appointment, and shall be enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution for the duration of the term. A student member who graduates from an institution with no more than six months of his or her the student members term remaining shall be permitted to serve for the remainder of the term.(e) Three public members.(f) One representative from a California secondary school.(g) Two representatives appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.(h) Two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(i) One representative appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.

69510. The Student Aid Commission shall be composed of the following 15 16 members:(a) One representative from public, proprietary, or nonprofit postsecondary schools located in California.(b) One representative from a California independent college or university.(c) One representative each from the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges.(d) Two members each of whom shall be a student enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution at the time of appointment, and shall be enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution for the duration of the term. A student member who graduates from an institution with no more than six months of his or her the student members term remaining shall be permitted to serve for the remainder of the term.(e) Three public members.(f) One representative from a California secondary school.(g) Two representatives appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.(h) Two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(i) One representative appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.

69510. The Student Aid Commission shall be composed of the following 15 16 members:(a) One representative from public, proprietary, or nonprofit postsecondary schools located in California.(b) One representative from a California independent college or university.(c) One representative each from the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges.(d) Two members each of whom shall be a student enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution at the time of appointment, and shall be enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution for the duration of the term. A student member who graduates from an institution with no more than six months of his or her the student members term remaining shall be permitted to serve for the remainder of the term.(e) Three public members.(f) One representative from a California secondary school.(g) Two representatives appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.(h) Two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(i) One representative appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.



69510. The Student Aid Commission shall be composed of the following 15 16 members:

(a) One representative from public, proprietary, or nonprofit postsecondary schools located in California.

(b) One representative from a California independent college or university.

(c) One representative each from the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges.

(d) Two members each of whom shall be a student enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution at the time of appointment, and shall be enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution for the duration of the term. A student member who graduates from an institution with no more than six months of his or her the student members term remaining shall be permitted to serve for the remainder of the term.

(e) Three public members.

(f) One representative from a California secondary school.

(g) Two representatives appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.

(h) Two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.

(i) One representative appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs who is an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the California National Guard, or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.







Notwithstanding any other law, the University of California is requested to reduce, before the 202829 fiscal year, the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs by at least 10 percent below the annual amount of funds expended on administrative costs in the 202526 fiscal year.