Enrolled
September 13, 2019
Passed
IN
Senate
September 09, 2019
Passed
IN
Assembly
September 10, 2019
Amended
IN
Senate
August 30, 2019
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 16, 2019
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 11, 2019
Amended
IN
Assembly
January 30, 2019
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2
Introduced by Assembly Members Santiago, Bonta, Cervantes, Chiu, Friedman, Gonzalez, McCarty, and Quirk-Silva
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Carrillo, Gipson, and Luz Rivas)
(Coauthor: Senator Portantino)
December 03, 2018
An act to amend Section 76396.3 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2, Santiago.
Community colleges: California College Promise.
Existing law establishes the California College Promise, under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to provide funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to each community college meeting prescribed requirements. Existing law authorizes a community college to use that funding to accomplish specified policy goals and to waive some or all of the fees for 2
academic years for certain first-time students who are enrolled in 12 or more semester units or the equivalent at the college and complete and submit either a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or a California Dream Act application.
This bill would make ineligible for the fee waiver a community college student who has previously earned a degree or certificate from a postsecondary educational institution. The bill would authorize an institution to deem as full time, for the purposes of eligibility for a fee waiver, specified students who are not enrolled in 12 or more semester units. The bill would require the chancellor’s office to submit a report to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2024, evaluating the use of funding for the California College Promise to waive student fees, with specified content.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
YES
Local Program:
NO