CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 323Introduced by Senator PrezFebruary 11, 2025 An act relating to student financial aid. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 323, as introduced, Prez. Student Aid Commission: California Dream Act application.Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements, including a requirement that the student be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or meet equivalent requirements adopted by the Regents of the University of California.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require the commission to amend the California Dream Act application and any of its grant processing systems to clarify and ensure that the application can be used by any eligible student for state financial aid programs, as provided, and require the commission to consult with the segments of postsecondary education to promote the California Dream Act application in a manner that maximizes the amount of federal aid that students may access while also apprising students of the choices available specific to the application they or their families may use.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would do both of the following:(a) Require, no later than the 202627 financial aid cycle, the Student Aid Commission to amend the California Dream Act application and any of its grant processing systems to clarify and ensure that the application can be used by any eligible student for state financial aid programs, regardless of their eligibility for federal financial aid.(b) Require the Student Aid Commission to consult with the segments of postsecondary education to promote the California Dream Act application in a manner that maximizes the amount of federal aid that students may access while also apprising students of the choices available specific to the application they or their families may use.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 323Introduced by Senator PrezFebruary 11, 2025 An act relating to student financial aid. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 323, as introduced, Prez. Student Aid Commission: California Dream Act application.Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements, including a requirement that the student be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or meet equivalent requirements adopted by the Regents of the University of California.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require the commission to amend the California Dream Act application and any of its grant processing systems to clarify and ensure that the application can be used by any eligible student for state financial aid programs, as provided, and require the commission to consult with the segments of postsecondary education to promote the California Dream Act application in a manner that maximizes the amount of federal aid that students may access while also apprising students of the choices available specific to the application they or their families may use.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 323
Introduced by Senator PrezFebruary 11, 2025
Introduced by Senator Prez
February 11, 2025
An act relating to student financial aid.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 323, as introduced, Prez. Student Aid Commission: California Dream Act application.
Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements, including a requirement that the student be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or meet equivalent requirements adopted by the Regents of the University of California.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require the commission to amend the California Dream Act application and any of its grant processing systems to clarify and ensure that the application can be used by any eligible student for state financial aid programs, as provided, and require the commission to consult with the segments of postsecondary education to promote the California Dream Act application in a manner that maximizes the amount of federal aid that students may access while also apprising students of the choices available specific to the application they or their families may use.
Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements, including a requirement that the student be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or meet equivalent requirements adopted by the Regents of the University of California.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require the commission to amend the California Dream Act application and any of its grant processing systems to clarify and ensure that the application can be used by any eligible student for state financial aid programs, as provided, and require the commission to consult with the segments of postsecondary education to promote the California Dream Act application in a manner that maximizes the amount of federal aid that students may access while also apprising students of the choices available specific to the application they or their families may use.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would do both of the following:(a) Require, no later than the 202627 financial aid cycle, the Student Aid Commission to amend the California Dream Act application and any of its grant processing systems to clarify and ensure that the application can be used by any eligible student for state financial aid programs, regardless of their eligibility for federal financial aid.(b) Require the Student Aid Commission to consult with the segments of postsecondary education to promote the California Dream Act application in a manner that maximizes the amount of federal aid that students may access while also apprising students of the choices available specific to the application they or their families may use.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would do both of the following:(a) Require, no later than the 202627 financial aid cycle, the Student Aid Commission to amend the California Dream Act application and any of its grant processing systems to clarify and ensure that the application can be used by any eligible student for state financial aid programs, regardless of their eligibility for federal financial aid.(b) Require the Student Aid Commission to consult with the segments of postsecondary education to promote the California Dream Act application in a manner that maximizes the amount of federal aid that students may access while also apprising students of the choices available specific to the application they or their families may use.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would do both of the following:(a) Require, no later than the 202627 financial aid cycle, the Student Aid Commission to amend the California Dream Act application and any of its grant processing systems to clarify and ensure that the application can be used by any eligible student for state financial aid programs, regardless of their eligibility for federal financial aid.(b) Require the Student Aid Commission to consult with the segments of postsecondary education to promote the California Dream Act application in a manner that maximizes the amount of federal aid that students may access while also apprising students of the choices available specific to the application they or their families may use.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would do both of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) Require, no later than the 202627 financial aid cycle, the Student Aid Commission to amend the California Dream Act application and any of its grant processing systems to clarify and ensure that the application can be used by any eligible student for state financial aid programs, regardless of their eligibility for federal financial aid.
(b) Require the Student Aid Commission to consult with the segments of postsecondary education to promote the California Dream Act application in a manner that maximizes the amount of federal aid that students may access while also apprising students of the choices available specific to the application they or their families may use.