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CHAPTER 2. Student Financial Aid Programs [69500. - 70048.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 69500–70048 · 254 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Purposes § 69500 · 1 section
    • § 69500 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Student assistance programs have the primary purpose of providing equal opportunity and access to…
  2. ARTICLE 1.5. General Provisions §§ 69503–69509.6 · 17 sections
    • § 69503 In enacting this article, the Legislature finds and declares: (a) The awarding of financial assistance to needy students by state-funded student aid programs…
    • § 69503.6 Each institution of higher education with a physical presence in this state shall separately list the cost of institutionally operated housing and meal plans…
    • § 69504 The provisions of this article apply to all need-based student grants that are funded by the state or a public postsecondary educational institution. Nothing…
    • § 69504.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, students who are victims of trafficking, domestic violence, and other serious crimes who have been granted a status under…
    • § 69505 (a) To the extent that federal financial analysis methodology incorporates this exemption, income received as reparation payments paid pursuant to federal law…
    • § 69505.5 (a) (1) No campus of the California Community Colleges or the California State University shall enter into a contract on or after January 1, 2014, with any…
    • § 69505.8 (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the Trustees of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the University of…
    • § 69506 (a) The methodology set forth in federal law or regulation shall serve as the formula for determining the expected family contribution of students seeking any… see note
    • § 69506.3 It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission, commencing with the 1991–92 academic year, shall implement the income verification process authorized…
    • § 69506.5 Notwithstanding Section 69506, the Student Aid Commission may, whenever it is determined to be in the best interest of the state, develop and adopt regulations…
    • § 69507 In instances where an applicant does not meet the criteria specified in Section 69506, and the parents refuse to provide financial information, the student may…
    • § 69507.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no student shall receive a grant or fellowship administered by the Student Aid Commission if he or she has…
    • § 69508 When federal regulations defining the financial independence of students are altered, the Student Aid Commission shall as soon as possible report to the…
    • § 69508.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a student who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 68130.5, or who meets equivalent requirements adopted by…
    • § 69509 (a) Upon the commencement of any cause of action, including an emergency action, by the commission against an educational institution in connection with the…
    • § 69509.5 (a) Within five days of the commencement of any cause of action, including an emergency action, by the commission against a private postsecondary educational…
    • § 69509.6 (a) Commencing with the 2018–19 award year, each higher education institution, except for the California Community Colleges, shall, to the extent that the…
  3. ARTICLE 2. The Student Aid Commission §§ 69510–69519.3 · 19 sections
    • § 69510 The Student Aid Commission shall be composed of the following 15 members: (a) One representative from public, proprietary, or nonprofit postsecondary schools…
    • § 69511 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each member of the commission, other than a student member and a member appointed pursuant to subdivision (h) of…
    • § 69511.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 69511, the Governor shall appoint each student member of the Student Aid Commission pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 69510…
    • § 69512 The members of the commission shall annually select a chairperson from the members of the commission.
    • § 69513 The commission shall appoint a director who shall be the chief executive officer for the commission and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The…
    • § 69513.1 The commission may delegate to the director any power, duty, purpose, function, or jurisdiction that the commission may lawfully delegate, including the…
    • § 69513.2 Notwithstanding any other law: (a) The commission shall grant up to an additional 30 calendar days beyond an application deadline for any financial aid program…
    • § 69513.5 In no event shall the director of the commission, any employee of the commission, or any individual retained by the commission serve as chairperson or a member…
    • § 69514 The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Report, on or before April 1 of each year, statistical data examining the impact and effectiveness of…
    • § 69514.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may receive donations, bequests, grants, and philanthropic funding, subject to conditions or restrictions…
    • § 69514.5 (a) The Community College Student Financial Aid Outreach Program is hereby established. The commission shall, in consultation with the office of the Chancellor…
    • § 69515 As used in this division, “commission” means the Student Aid Commission created by this article.
    • § 69515.5 (a) The commission may enter into an agreement with a public agency of a state other than California, or a private entity related to an agency of another…
    • § 69516 The commission shall work cooperatively with the State Department of Social Services to develop an automated system to verify a student’s status as a foster…
    • § 69517 (a) The Student Aid Commission, in consultation with an advisory committee of students and representatives of postsecondary institutions, may make adjustments…
    • § 69517.5 The Student Aid Commission shall, with the assistance of the Attorney General’s office, seek refunds on any awards to students made under this part that…
    • § 69518 (a) By September 15 of each fiscal year, the Student Aid Commission shall submit budget change proposals to the Department of Finance for inclusion in the…
    • § 69519 (a) The commission, through an interagency agreement with the State Department of Social Services, currently operates a federally funded scholarship program,…
    • § 69519.3 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to clarify educational policies for purposes of improving access for low-income students to the CalFresh program…
  4. ARTICLE 2.4. Maximizing the Value of the State Student Loan Guarantee Program Assets and Liabilities §§ 69521–69521.11 · 11 sections
    • § 69521 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) The student loan guarantee business is not a core mission of government. Recognition of this…
    • § 69521.2 For the purposes of this article, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Auxiliary organization” means the organization established pursuant to Article…
    • § 69521.3 (a) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to act as agent for the state and, in that capacity, to sell the state student loan guarantee program assets…
    • § 69521.4 (a) If, after seeking the advice of, and in active participation with, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance determines that an alternative arrangement to the…
    • § 69521.5 (a) The Director of Finance is authorized to take all actions that he or she deems to be necessary or convenient to accomplish any of the following: (1) To…
    • § 69521.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the approval of the Attorney General nor of the Director of General Services is required for the execution…
    • § 69521.7 The state student loan guarantee program assets and liabilities shall be transferred to the transferee guarantee agency upon the completion of any sale…
    • § 69521.8 (a) The Director of Finance shall deposit all proceeds of any sale of, or any funds achieved through any other arrangement to maximize the value of, the state…
    • § 69521.9 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of Finance is authorized to enter into an agreement with a firm or individual to act as an advisor…
    • § 69521.10 (a) The Director of Finance, in consultation with the Treasurer, shall select a firm or individual to provide advisory services based on demonstrated…
    • § 69521.11 (a) The Director of Finance shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in writing upon his or her determination that neither the sale nor any other…
  5. ARTICLE 3.5. Cash for College Program §§ 69550–69551 · 2 sections
    • § 69550 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that California students with financial need be made aware of the opportunities afforded to them through the various…
    • § 69551 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Cash for College Program has successfully established local regional partnerships that…
  6. ARTICLE 4. California Student Opportunity and Access Program §§ 69560–69566 · 7 sections
    • § 69560 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Lack of information about postsecondary educational opportunities and financial aid are primary…
    • § 69560.5 As used in the article, the following definitions apply: (a) “CADAA” means the California Dream Act Application. (b) “Cal-SOAP” means the California Student…
    • § 69561 (a) The California Student Opportunity and Access Program is administered by the commission. (b) (1) The commission may apportion funds on a progress payment…
    • § 69562 The Student Aid Commission shall establish a 12-member project grant advisory committee to advise project directors and the commission on the development and…
    • § 69564 Allocation of any funds appropriated for purposes of this article shall be limited to those consortia meeting requirements of this article who will provide…
    • § 69564.3 Contingent upon sufficient funding provided for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the commission shall ensure that at least one…
    • § 69566 It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for the purposes of this article be appropriated in the annual Budget Act.
  7. ARTICLE 5. Assumption Program of Loans for Education §§ 69612–69615.8 · 13 sections
    • § 69612 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The growing shortage of high-quality teachers is most serious in particular subject areas,…
    • § 69612.5 For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following definitions: (a) “Eligible institution” means a postsecondary institution that is…
    • § 69613 (a) Program participants shall meet all of the following eligibility criteria prior to selection in the program and shall continue to meet these criteria, as…
    • § 69613.1 On or before January 1 of each year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall furnish the commission with all of the following: (a) A list of teaching…
    • § 69613.2 The commission shall commence loan assumption payments, as specified in Section 69613.4, upon verification that the applicant has fulfilled all of the…
    • § 69613.4 (a) The terms of a loan assumption granted under this article shall be as follows, subject to the specific terms of each agreement: (1) After a program…
    • § 69613.6 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if a program participant fails to complete a minimum of four consecutive school years of classroom instruction on a…
    • § 69613.7 (a) For the purposes of this article, “subject matter shortage area” may not be construed to include teaching in a self-contained classroom or teaching…
    • § 69613.8 In addition to the amounts set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 69613.4, for each of the four years of classroom instruction referenced in subdivision (a)…
    • § 69614 (a) The commission shall distribute program information and student applications to participate in the loan assumption program to each eligible institution and…
    • § 69615 (a) The commission shall administer this article, and shall adopt rules and regulations for that purpose. The rules and regulations shall include, but need not…
    • § 69615.6 (a) For each school year, all of the following shall apply: (1) The commission shall enter into agreements for the assumption of up to 6,500 student loans for…
    • § 69615.8 Notwithstanding any other law, in any fiscal year, the commission shall award no more than the number of loan assumption agreements that are authorized by the…
  8. ARTICLE 5.1. Golden State Teacher Grant Program §§ 69617–69617.5 · 2 sections
    • § 69617 (a) (1) (A) Subject to moneys appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section, the commission shall administer the Golden State Teacher Grant…
    • § 69617.5 (a) The Legislature finds that the state’s teaching crisis requires immediate and targeted action that also increases diversity among classroom teachers. (b)…
  9. ARTICLE 5.5. Graduate Assumption Program of Loans for Education §§ 69618–69619 · 10 sections
    • § 69618 (a) The Legislature hereby recognizes the growing need for new faculty members at California’s colleges and universities. This need will be fueled largely by…
    • § 69618.1 (a) Program participants shall meet all of the following eligibility criteria prior to selection in the program and shall continue to meet these criteria, as…
    • § 69618.2 The commission shall redeem an applicant’s warrant and commence loan assumption payments as specified in Section 69618.3 upon verification that the applicant…
    • § 69618.3 The terms of the loan assumptions granted under this article shall be as follows, subject to the specific terms of each warrant: (a) After a program…
    • § 69618.4 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in the event that a program participant fails to complete a minimum of three consecutive academic years of teaching…
    • § 69618.5 (a) The commission shall accept nominations from accredited colleges and universities made pursuant to Section 69618.1. (b) The commission shall choose from…
    • § 69618.6 The commission shall administer this article, and shall adopt rules and regulations for that purpose. The rules and regulations shall include, but need not be…
    • § 69618.7 The commission shall work in conjunction with lenders participating in the Federal Family Education Loan Program to develop a streamlined application process…
    • § 69618.9 Commencing with the 1998–99 fiscal year, the commission shall issue warrants for the assumption of up to 500 student loans for program participants eligible…
    • § 69619 It is the intent of the Legislature that, commencing with the 1998–99 fiscal year, funding necessary for the administration of this student loan assumption…
  10. ARTICLE 7. Child Development Teacher and Supervisor Grant Program §§ 69620–69628 · 9 sections
    • § 69620 There is hereby established the Child Development Teacher and Supervisor Grant Program, to be administered by the Student Aid Commission, with participation by…
    • § 69621 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Child Development Permit” means a permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing…
    • § 69622 (a) Participants shall be enrolled in an approved course of study leading to the teacher, site supervisor, or program director level of the Child Development…
    • § 69623 (a) To receive a grant under this article, a participant shall enter into a contractual agreement with the Student Aid Commission under which the participant…
    • § 69624 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that up to 100 new grants be awarded each year, or that the maximum number of grants be based on the amount of federal…
    • § 69625 (a) In order to accomplish the purposes set forth in this article, commencing January 1, 1998, the Controller, the State Department of Education, the State…
    • § 69626 (a) The Student Aid Commission shall administer the Child Development Teacher and Supervisor Grant Program. This includes determining the application…
    • § 69627 Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government Code, the Student Aid Commission shall report to the Governor and the Legislature by January 1, 2001, on the…
    • § 69628 This article shall not be implemented unless and until federal funds are made available for the purposes of implementing this article in accordance with…
  11. ARTICLE 8. Community College Extended Opportunity Programs and Services §§ 69640–69656 · 15 sections
    • § 69640 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Community Colleges recognize the need and accept the responsibility for extending the opportunities…
    • § 69641 The Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) provided by a community college district shall supplement the regular educational programs of the…
    • § 69641.5 The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall consider adopting regulations which include all of the following objectives: (a) That the…
    • § 69642 Definitions: (a) “Extended opportunity program” means a special program or method of instruction designed to facilitate the language, educational, or social…
    • § 69643 (a) There is in the state government the Advisory Committee on Extended Opportunity Programs and Services. It shall be comprised of nine members appointed by…
    • § 69648 By January 1, 1986, the board shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this article, including rules and regulations which do all of the…
    • § 69648.5 The board of governors may use up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated for the EOPS program by the annual Budget Act to monitor program activities and to…
    • § 69649 (a) The governing board of a community college district may, with the approval of the board, establish an extended opportunity program. Except as provided in…
    • § 69650 The governing board of a community college district may, with the approval of the board, establish extended opportunity services. Such services may include,…
    • § 69651 The governing board of a community college district shall not use any funds received from the state for the operation and administration of extended…
    • § 69652 The governing board of a community college district may apply to the board for an allowance to meet all or a portion of the cost of establishing and operating…
    • § 69653 Applications shall be subject to the approval of the board. Upon approval by the board, it shall certify an apportionment or apportionments to the Controller.…
    • § 69654 The board shall review the need for state funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter and shall include an estimate of such need in its budget for each…
    • § 69655 (a) Pursuant to Section 69648, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall determine the elements of a statewide data base for the Community…
    • § 69656 It is the intent of the Legislature that the California State University and the University of California provide fee waivers for admissions applications for…
  12. ARTICLE 9. Golden State Education and Training Grant Program Act §§ 69670–69671 · 2 sections
    • § 69670 (a) This article shall be known as the Golden State Education and Training Grant Program Act. (b) For purposes of this article: (1) “Commission” means the…
    • § 69671 (a) From any funds appropriated by the annual Budget Act or another statute for purposes of this article, the commission shall administer the program, which is…
  13. ARTICLE 11.5. Willie L. Brown, Jr. Community Service Scholarship Program §§ 69730–69732 · 3 sections
    • § 69730 There is hereby established the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Community Service Scholarship Program, the purpose of which shall be to reward pupils for volunteering to…
    • § 69731 (a) At least one scholarship under this article shall be made available each year to each high school participating in the program to award to a pupil who is…
    • § 69732 Each applicant for a scholarship under this article shall meet all of the following qualifications: (a) Is maintaining satisfactory educational progress, as…
  14. ARTICLE 12. Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program §§ 69740–69746.5 · 10 sections
    • § 69740 Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Commission” means the Student Aid…
    • § 69741 The Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program is established for licensed attorneys who practice or agree to practice in public interest areas of the law…
    • § 69741.5 (a) Participants in this program are eligible for a maximum of eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) in loan assistance for four years, as follows: (1) For the…
    • § 69742 (a) The commission shall establish eligibility criteria for participation in the program based upon need and merit. These criteria shall be based on all of the…
    • § 69743 The program is intended to supplement, and not to replace, existing loan repayment programs operated by law schools. Prior to participating in the program, an…
    • § 69743.5 The commission shall select, from the qualified applicants, the individuals who are eligible to participate in the program. After each year-long period of…
    • § 69744 The commission may use the funds appropriated for the program for the purpose of loan repayments and to defray reasonable administrative costs. The commission…
    • § 69745 (a) Loans from both government sources and financial institutions may be repaid by the program. Each participant shall agree to allow the commission access to…
    • § 69746 The commission is not responsible for any outstanding payments on principal and interest to any lender once a participant’s eligibility expires.
    • § 69746.5 The commission shall submit an annual written report to the Legislature regarding this program. The report shall include, but not necessarily be limited to,…
  15. ARTICLE 13. Federal Family Education Loan Program §§ 69760–69779 · 29 sections
    • § 69760 California is hereby authorized to participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program for eligible postsecondary students and their parents, which…
    • § 69761 (a) The purposes of California’s participation in the Federal Family Education Loan Program are as follows: (1) To ensure that, in meeting their educational…
    • § 69761.5 The commission shall serve as a state student loan guarantee agency, pursuant to P.L. 94-482, and subsequent federal regulations, including, but not limited…
    • § 69761.7 To promote responsible and timely repayment of guaranteed student loans, the commission shall establish a process to ensure regular, annual credit reporting on…
    • § 69762 Loans made pursuant to this chapter shall be made without regard to race, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
    • § 69763 (a) (1) The commission shall administer the Federal Family Education Loan Program as authorized pursuant to this chapter. The commission may enter into any…
    • § 69763.1 (a) If a borrower defaults on a guaranteed student loan and the lender’s default claim has been paid, the Student Aid Commission shall fulfill the collection…
    • § 69763.2 (a) The clerk, immediately upon the filing of the certificate specified in Section 69763.1, shall enter a judgment for the people of the State of California…
    • § 69763.3 At any time before wages are garnished or a lien is placed on property, a borrower may pay the Student Aid Commission the amount of the recorded judgment, plus…
    • § 69763.4 If the Student Aid Commission, or an authorized agent, has reasonable cause to believe that a lien on property may be jeopardized within the 10-day…
    • § 69764 In the event that the amount of loans applied for under this article exceeds the amount of the loans that may be guaranteed pursuant to this article, the…
    • § 69765 (a) The commission shall guarantee any student loan made pursuant to this article in the amount specified in federal statutes and regulations. (b) The…
    • § 69766 (a) The Federal Student Loan Reserve Fund and the Student Loan Operating Fund are hereby created in the State Treasury. On January 1, 2000, the State…
    • § 69766.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in addition to the purposes for which funds are appropriated pursuant to Section 69766, there is…
    • § 69767 The Treasurer shall invest, pursuant to statute, any surplus money in the Federal Student Loan Reserve Fund and the Student Loan Operating Fund. The interest…
    • § 69768 (a) The funds in the Federal Student Loan Reserve Fund and the Student Loan Operating Fund shall be paid out by the State Treasurer on warrants drawn by the…
    • § 69769 The commission shall establish a Loan Advisory Council. The Loan Advisory Council shall be composed of 17 members, appointed by the commission, composed of…
    • § 69769.3 (a) The Loan Advisory Council established pursuant to Section 69769 shall be composed of members appointed from the following groups: (1) Four representatives…
    • § 69769.4 In addition to the members appointed to the Loan Advisory Council pursuant to Section 69769.3, the United States Department of Education may appoint one…
    • § 69769.5 The Loan Advisory Council shall review the activities and policies of the Federal Family Education Loan Program and shall regularly advise the commission of…
    • § 69769.7 (a) The Loan Advisory Council shall annually elect a chair and a vice chair from its membership. Representatives who serve on, or are employed or retained by,…
    • § 69771 This article shall be applicable to the extent that its provisions do not conflict with Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, or any extensions…
    • § 69772 The commission shall annually report on the numbers of students participating in the program, total loan volume, and the postsecondary educational institutions…
    • § 69774 (a) The commission shall provide, with each application form for the Federal Family Education Loan Program a notice to the student informing him or her that,…
    • § 69775 The commission shall develop and distribute in cooperation with postsecondary educational institutions and private lenders, simple, common consumer information…
    • § 69776 The commission may contract for all or part of administrative support services.
    • § 69776.5 The commission may enter into contracts with a public agency or a private entity to improve the processing and distribution of guaranteed student loan…
    • § 69777 The commission shall encourage private lenders to increase participation in the guaranteed student loan program.
    • § 69779 The General Fund shall not be liable for any student loan made prior to the effective date of the chapter which enacts this section.
  16. ARTICLE 14. Military and Veterans Offices §§ 69785–69786 · 2 sections
    • § 69785 (a) The California Community Colleges and the California State University may, and the University of California is encouraged to, coordinate services for…
    • § 69786 The California Community Colleges and the California State University may, and the University of California is encouraged to, report to the Department of…
  17. ARTICLE 14.5. Private Student Loans §§ 69800–69801 · 4 sections
    • § 69800 A public, private, or independent postsecondary educational institution, except the California Community Colleges, shall do all of the following: (a) (1) State…
    • § 69800.2 (a) Before certifying a borrower’s eligibility for a private student loan, a public, private, or independent postsecondary educational institution shall…
    • § 69800.5 The California Community Colleges may, and are requested to, comply with the provisions of Section 69800.
    • § 69801 This article shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by resolution, to make it…
  18. ARTICLE 15. Forfeiture of State Aid to Students §§ 69810–69813 · 4 sections
    • § 69810 In accepting a scholarship, loan, fellowship, grant-in-aid, or any other financial aid given or guaranteed by the state for assistance, every recipient thereof…
    • § 69811 Upon receipt of notice, as provided in Section 69810 that any recipient has committed any act likely to disrupt the peaceful conduct of the activities of the…
    • § 69812 Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit any public or private university, college, or other institution of higher education from suspending or…
    • § 69813 For the purposes of this article, “state financial aid” means any assistance given or guaranteed by the state that is predicated on attendance at an…
  19. ARTICLE 16. College Access Tax Credit Awards § 69840 · 1 section
    • § 69840 (a) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Chancellor’s office” means the office of the Chancellor of the California Community…
  20. ARTICLE 17. Federal Workforce Pell Grant Program §§ 69870–69876 · 7 sections
    • § 69870 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Commission” means the Student Aid Commission. (b) “Participating institution” means a…
    • § 69871 The Employment Development Department shall provide a list of high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors or occupations to the Labor and Workforce…
    • § 69872 (a) The commission, on behalf of the Governor, shall determine whether a participating institution’s short-term program meets the requirements established…
    • § 69873 (a) The commission shall adopt regulations, including any amendments to regulations, necessary to implement the Workforce Pell Grant program. (b) The…
    • § 69874 (a) (1) The commission shall submit a report to the Department of Finance, the Assembly Committee on Budget, and the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal…
    • § 69875 (a) (1) A participating institution seeking or obtaining Workforce Pell Grant program eligibility shall provide program-level and student-level data required…
    • § 69876 (a) In addition to its authority under existing state law, the Office of Cradle-to-Career Data may carry out its duties under the Workforce Pell Grant program.…
  21. ARTICLE 18. Learning-Aligned Employment Program §§ 69950–69969 · 13 sections
    • § 69950 (a) As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (b) “Program” means the Learning-Aligned Employment…
    • § 69951 The Leaning-Aligned Employment Program is hereby created to provide eligible college and university students with the opportunity to earn money to help defray…
    • § 69952 (a) A postsecondary educational institution currently eligible to participate in state-funded student financial aid programs pursuant to this chapter or in…
    • § 69954 All of the following entities shall be eligible to employ students participating in the program: (a) Research centers and institutions operated by public…
    • § 69956 (a) A student from an underrepresented background satisfying all of the following criteria shall be eligible to participate in the program: (1) Enrollment on…
    • § 69958 (a) Each participating public postsecondary educational institution shall collaborate with local employers to identify learning-aligned employment…
    • § 69959 Both of the following priorities shall be followed at the time of job referral and placement: (a) A student shall only be placed in an educationally beneficial…
    • § 69960 The institution shall assure that each learning-aligned employment position meets all of the following conditions: (a) The position shall be educationally…
    • § 69962 A participating institution shall do both of the following: (a) Develop partnerships with employers willing to contribute resources toward a percentage share…
    • § 69963 A participating public postsecondary educational institution is strongly encouraged to develop competency-based educational opportunities in order to grant…
    • § 69964 (a) The program may include summer learning-aligned employment opportunities in order to provide learning-aligned employment positions for eligible students…
    • § 69967 (a) The commission, in consultation with the office of the President of the University of California, the office of the Chancellor of the California State…
    • § 69969 (a) Funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act or another statute for purposes of the program shall be provided to the commission for allocation to…
  22. ARTICLE 19. Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act §§ 69980–69994 · 15 sections
    • § 69980 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Administrative fund” means the funds used…
    • § 69981 (a) There is hereby created an instrumentality of the State of California to be known as the Golden State Scholarshare College Savings Trust. (b) The purposes,…
    • § 69982 In addition to the powers and authority granted pursuant to Section 69981, the board shall have the powers and authority to do all of the following: (a) Carry…
    • § 69983 The Scholarshare trust may enter into participation agreements with participants on behalf of beneficiaries pursuant to the following terms and agreements: (a)…
    • § 69984 (a) (1) The board shall segregate moneys received by the Scholarshare trust into two funds, which shall be identified as the program fund and the…
    • § 69985 (a) Any participant may cancel a participation agreement at will. A participant shall be entitled to a refund upon cancellation thereof of an amount equal to…
    • § 69986 For all purposes of California law, all of the following apply: (a) The participant shall retain ownership of all contributions made under any participation…
    • § 69989 (a) The board shall submit an annual audited financial report, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, on the operations of the…
    • § 69990 (a) The board shall provide an annual listing of distributions to individuals with respect to an interest in a participation agreement to the Franchise Tax…
    • § 69991 The assets of the trust, including the program fund, shall at all times be preserved, invested, and expended solely and only for the purposes of the trust and…
    • § 69992 The board shall aggressively market this program to the citizens of the State of California. The board shall include in its marketing efforts information…
    • § 69993 Funding for startup and first-year administrative costs shall be appropriated from the General Fund in the annual Budget Act. The board shall repay, within…
    • § 69993.5 The board may adopt regulations for the purposes of this chapter as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative…
    • § 69993.7 No public funds nor any funds available pursuant to this article may be expended to pay for, nor shall the board enter into any agreement that provides for,…
    • § 69994 This act shall be construed liberally in order to effectuate its legislative intent. The purposes of this act and all of its provisions with respect to powers…
  23. ARTICLE 19.5. California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program §§ 69996–69996.9 · 10 sections
    • § 69996 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program or KIDS Program.
    • § 69996.1 The California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program is hereby established. The board shall administer the program for the purposes of expanding…
    • § 69996.2 For purposes of this article, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (a) “Account” means a Scholarshare 529 account…
    • § 69996.3 (a) (1) Each child born on or after a date determined by the board pursuant to paragraph (2) who is a California resident at the time of birth is eligible for…
    • § 69996.4 The board shall have the power and authority to do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued. (b) Make and enter into contracts necessary for the…
    • § 69996.5 The board may consider marketing the program to California residents. The board may include in its marketing efforts information designed to educate California…
    • § 69996.6 (a) The California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the…
    • § 69996.7 (a) Funds appropriated pursuant to Schedule 1 of Item 0954-162-8506 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2021 shall be used to support program enhanced…
    • § 69996.8 (a) The board may establish rules and regulations to ensure that money in a KIDS Account established pursuant to this article is disbursed directly to the…
    • § 69996.9 (a) (1) For the 2021–22 fiscal year, through the program, all of the following shall occur: (A) Each pupil enrolled in grades 1 to 12, inclusive, on the State…
  24. ARTICLE 20.5. Management and Disbursement of Funds Previously Set Aside for Repealed Governor’s Scholarship Programs §§ 69999.6–69999.8 · 3 sections
    • § 69999.6 (a) In enacting this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to accomplish all of the following: (1) Provide explicit authority to the board to continue…
    • § 69999.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 30 days after enactment of the Budget Act of 2004, the Scholarshare Investment Board shall…
    • § 69999.8 As used in this article: (a) “Board” means the Scholarshare Investment Board established pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of…
  25. ARTICLE 20.7. California Military Department GI Bill Award Program §§ 69999.10–69999.28 · 10 sections
    • § 69999.10 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Military Department GI Bill.
    • § 69999.12 There is hereby established the California Military Department GI Bill Award Program.
    • § 69999.14 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California Military Department exists to provide a military organization in California with…
    • § 69999.16 (a) Commencing January 1 of the 2009–10 academic year, and each academic year thereafter, any qualifying member of the California National Guard, the State…
    • § 69999.18 (a) The Student Aid Commission is responsible for issuing awards authorized by Section 69999.16, upon receipt of a certificate from the Adjutant General…
    • § 69999.20 Qualifying members shall not receive both a California Military Department GI Bill award and any Cal Grant award for the same academic year. A qualifying…
    • § 69999.22 The Student Aid Commission, in consultation with the Military Department, shall adopt emergency rules and regulations, pursuant to Section 11346.1 of the…
    • § 69999.23 (a) Costs incurred by the Student Aid Commission for issuing and processing awards shall be reimbursed through an interagency agreement from appropriations in…
    • § 69999.24 The Student Aid Commission shall report annually to the Legislature regarding program participation, including, but not necessarily limited to, both of the…
    • § 69999.28 This article shall become operative only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes of this article.
  26. ARTICLE 21. Governor’s Teaching Fellowships §§ 70000–70005 · 6 sections
    • § 70000 (a) The Governor’s Teaching Fellowships Program is hereby established to be administered by the Chancellor’s office of the California State University. The…
    • § 70001 (a) The Chancellor’s office of the California State University shall have the following duties: (1) Developing an application process that establishes a…
    • § 70002 An intersegmental review committee is hereby established to review all applications for the Governor’s Teaching Fellowships. The committee shall recommend…
    • § 70003 (a) A fellowship recipient shall agree to teach in a high-priority school for four years and shall have four years, upon completion of his or her preparation…
    • § 70004 The Trustees of the California State University shall provide an annual report, for each higher education institution, on the number of fellows receiving…
    • § 70005 (a) The Chancellor’s office of the California State University shall adopt any rules and regulations it deems necessary for the administration of this section…
  27. ARTICLE 21.5. The California Memorial Scholarship Program §§ 70010–70011.9 · 9 sections
    • § 70010 (a) The California Memorial Scholarship Program is hereby established. The program shall be administered by the Scholarshare Investment Board established…
    • § 70010.1 As used in this article: (a) “Board” means the Scholarshare Investment Board established pursuant to Section 69984. (b) “California resident” means a person…
    • § 70010.5 (a) The California Victim Compensation Board shall identify, and confirm by documentation, all persons who are eligible for scholarships under the program. The…
    • § 70010.7 (a) (1) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall deposit the proceeds of the sale of California memorial license plates into the fund in accordance with…
    • § 70011 (a) The board may enter into agreements with participants or with persons entitled to act on behalf of participants. (b) An agreement shall specify that any…
    • § 70011.3 Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize or require the admission of a participant into a specific institution of higher education or degree…
    • § 70011.5 Notwithstanding any other provisions of state law, any funds awarded pursuant to this article shall augment and not supplant student financial aid from other…
    • § 70011.7 Within the annual report required pursuant to Section 69989, the board shall also include information on the operation of the program. This information shall…
    • § 70011.9 (a) The board may adopt regulations for the purposes of this article as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the…
  28. ARTICLE 22. Middle Class Scholarship Program §§ 70020–70023 · 5 sections
    • § 70020 The Middle Class Scholarship Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be allocated, in accordance with this article, to make…
    • § 70021 The Middle Class Scholarship Program is hereby established under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. For purposes of this article, “commission”…
    • § 70022 (a) (1) Subject to an available and sufficient appropriation, an undergraduate student enrolled in the California State University or the University of…
    • § 70022.5 (a) A scholarship award under this article may be renewed for a total of the equivalent of four years of full-time attendance in an undergraduate program or,…
    • § 70023 (a) For each academic year, the commission shall determine an amount sufficient, when combined with other federal, state, or institutionally administered…
  29. ARTICLE 23. California DREAM Loan Program §§ 70030–70039 · 11 sections
    • § 70030 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California DREAM Loan Program.
    • § 70031 The California DREAM Loan Program, which may also be referred to as the DREAM Program, is hereby established.
    • § 70032 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) An “academic year” is July 1 to June 30, inclusive. The start date of a session…
    • § 70033 (a) Commencing with the 2015–16 academic year, a student attending a participating institution may receive a loan under the DREAM Program if the student…
    • § 70034 (a) The amount of a DREAM loan offered to an individual student by a participating institution shall be determined by the institution, subject to the following…
    • § 70035 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, each fiscal year, funds shall be appropriated in the annual Budget Act to participating institutions for purposes…
    • § 70035.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish the DREAM grant program. (b) Commencing with the 2024–25 academic year, a grant-eligible student attending…
    • § 70036 Each participating institution is responsible for all the following: (a) The participating institution shall determine a student’s eligibility for a DREAM…
    • § 70037 (a) The Trustees of the California State University and the Regents of the University of California shall adopt regulations providing for the withholding of…
    • § 70038 (a) Each participating institution is entitled to an administrative cost allowance for an award year if the institution elects to advance funds under the DREAM…
    • § 70039 If a state court finds that Section 70033, or any similar provision adopted by the Regents of the University of California, is unlawful, the court may order,…
  30. ARTICLE 24. California Ban on Scholarship Displacement Act of 2021 §§ 70045–70048 · 4 sections
    • § 70045 This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Ban on Scholarship Displacement Act of 2021.
    • § 70046 The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) As of 2020, California students who have financial need and receive private scholarships are…
    • § 70047 As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (a) An “academic year” is July 1 to June 30, inclusive. The…
    • § 70048 (a) An institution of higher education shall not reduce the institutional gift aid offer of a student who is eligible to receive a federal Pell Grant award, a…