Public postsecondary education: waiver of tuition and fees: California Military Department GI Bill Award Program: extended education courses.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the duration of the tuition and fee waivers or the consequences after they end, leaving these aspects uncertain.

Free Tuition and Fees for Certain Students in Extended Education Courses

This law makes it free for certain students, including those who qualify under the California Military Department GI Bill Award Program, to take extended education courses at University of California and California State University campuses if these courses are part of their undergraduate degree requirements.

What This Bill Does

• Makes tuition and fees free for eligible students taking extended education courses that count towards an undergraduate degree at UC and CSU campuses.
• Expands the eligibility to use funds from the California Military Department GI Bill Award Program to cover extended education courses if they are part of an undergraduate degree program.

Who It Names or Affects

• Students who qualify for tuition and fee waivers under existing laws, such as children of veterans with service-connected disabilities or Medal of Honor recipients.
• Members of the California National Guard, State Guard, or Naval Militia receiving awards from the California Military Department GI Bill Award Program.

Terms To Know

Extended education courses

Special classes offered by universities that are not part of regular degree programs but can count towards a student's degree requirements.

California Military Department GI Bill Award Program

A program providing financial aid to members of the California National Guard, State Guard, or Naval Militia for education purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies if UC Regents pass a resolution approving its use in their system.
• It does not specify how long this waiver will last or what happens after it ends.

Official Summary Text

SB 60, as introduced, Seyarto.
Public postsecondary education: waiver of tuition and fees: California Military Department GI Bill Award Program: extended education courses.
Existing law establishes the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 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.
This bill would additionally prohibit the campuses of the University of California and California State University from charging tuition or fees for specified students who enroll in an extended education course if certain requirements are satisfied and the extended education course is being used to meet the requirements of an undergraduate degree program. The bill would apply to the campuses of the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make it apply.
Existing law establishes various student financial aid programs under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, including the California Military Department GI Bill Award Program. Existing law requires a qualifying member of the California National Guard, the State Guard, or the Naval Militia that receives an award under
the program to, among other things, agree to use the award to obtain a certificate, degree, or diploma that the person does not hold at the time they apply for the award. Existing law authorizes the award to be used to obtain one baccalaureate, graduate, or doctoral degree or a certificate, degree, or diploma that leads to a baccalaureate, graduate, or doctoral degree.
This bill would authorize the award to also be used for an extended education course at a campus of the University of California or the California State University if the extended education course is being used to meet the requirements of an undergraduate degree program.

Current Bill Text

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