Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) Commencing with the 2018–19 award year, each higher education institution, except for the California Community Colleges, shall, to the extent that the institution receives a student borrower’s federal, state, and private education loan information, send an individualized lett…

The Student Aid Commission shall be composed of the following 15 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 …

(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 Section 69510, shall have a four-year term. Members appointed pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 69510 shall serve a…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 69511, the Governor shall appoint each student member of the Student Aid Commission pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 69510 from the persons nominated in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (b). (b) For each student member of the commiss…

The members of the commission shall annually select a chairperson from the members of the commission.

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 Legislature hereby requests the commission to designate that executive officer as the person holding the position confide…

The commission may delegate to the director any power, duty, purpose, function, or jurisdiction that the commission may lawfully delegate, including the authority to enter into and sign contracts on behalf of the commission. The director may redelegate any of those powers, duties…

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 administered by the commission pursuant to this part if the commission receives and approves a formal request to postpon…

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 of an advisory committee of the commission. This prohibition shall include, but not be limited to, all advisory committe…

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 state-funded programs. The commission shall use common criteria in determining the impact of these programs, and shall have the …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may receive donations, bequests, grants, and philanthropic funding, subject to conditions or restrictions that the executive director of the commission may deem advisable, and subject to the approval of the Director of Finance as …

(a) The Community College Student Financial Aid Outreach Program is hereby established. The commission shall, in consultation with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, develop and administer this program for the purpose of providing financial aid tra…

As used in this division, “commission” means the Student Aid Commission created by this article.

(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 state, to assist the other agency or entity in implementing student financial aid programs, including providing assistance wit…

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 youth to aid in the processing of applications for federal financial aid.

(a) The Student Aid Commission, in consultation with an advisory committee of students and representatives of postsecondary institutions, may make adjustments to award selection procedures and selection criteria. In determining adjustments, the commission shall consider at least …

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 resulted from the student or his or her parents, or both, reporting information concerning their status incorrectly, with the i…

(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 Governor’s Budget prepared pursuant to Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution. (b) The budget change proposa…

(a) The commission, through an interagency agreement with the State Department of Social Services, currently operates a federally funded scholarship program, known as the Chafee Educational and Training Vouchers Program, that provides grant aid to provide access to California’s c…

(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 established pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 18900) of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code…

(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 fact led, in 1996, to the approval of the establishment of an auxiliary organization for the purpose of providing operati…

(a) The Director of Finance, in consultation with the Treasurer, shall select a firm or individual to provide advisory services based on demonstrated competence and professional qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the services required, in the manner desc…

(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 transaction authorized by this article is anticipated to achieve the purposes of this article. (b) The Director of Finance …

For the purposes of this article, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Auxiliary organization” means the organization established pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 69522). (b) “Director” means the Director of Finance. (c) “Federal Family Education Loan Prog…

(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 and liabilities not retained by the Student Aid Commission to an entity that the director, in consultation with the Treasu…

(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 sale of the state student loan guarantee program assets and liabilities may be financially beneficial to the state, the …

(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 preserve the state student loan guarantee program assets, pending consummation of their sale or the consummation of any othe…

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 and implementation of the sale, lease, conveyance, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of the auxiliary organization…

The state student loan guarantee program assets and liabilities shall be transferred to the transferee guarantee agency upon the completion of any sale pursuant to this article, and may be transferred to the transferee guaranty program operator if contemplated by the transaction …

(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 student loan guarantee program assets and liabilities under this article, net of any costs related to that transaction, i…

(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 to the state in the transactions contemplated by this article. Section 14838 of the Government Code and Article 4 (comme…

(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 state and federal financial aid programs, including the Cal Grant Program established pursuant to Chapter 1.7 (commencing w…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Cash for College Program has successfully established local regional partnerships that annually provide hands-on help in filling out financial aid forms necessary to receive financial assistance for college. Thi…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Lack of information about postsecondary educational opportunities and financial aid are primary barriers to postsecondary education for pupils from schools that have low college eligibility and participation rates. (b) …

As used in the article, the following definitions apply: (a) “CADAA” means the California Dream Act Application. (b) “Cal-SOAP” means the California Student Opportunity and Access Program. (c) “FAFSA” means the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. (d) “Local educational agen…

(a) The California Student Opportunity and Access Program is administered by the commission. (b) (1) The commission may apportion funds on a progress payment schedule for the support of projects designed to increase the accessibility of postsecondary educational opportunities and…

The Student Aid Commission shall establish a 12-member project grant advisory committee to advise project directors and the commission on the development and operation of the projects, and consisting of the following: (a) Three representatives of outreach programs, representing t…

Allocation of any funds appropriated for purposes of this article shall be limited to those consortia meeting requirements of this article who will provide equal matching resources from existing or budgeted increases in federal, state, local, and private funds. It shall be the go…

Contingent upon sufficient funding provided for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or other statute, the commission shall ensure that at least one consortium is established, in accordance with Section 69561, to serve the pupils of Orange County. The commission shall retain aut…

It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for the purposes of this article be appropriated in the annual Budget Act.

(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, partly due to the shortage of students in these fields who enter the teaching profession. (2) Many school districts have dif…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following definitions: (a) “Eligible institution” means a postsecondary institution that is determined by the Student Aid Commission to meet both of the following requirements: (1) The institution is eligible to participa…

(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 appropriate, during the payment periods: (1) The applicant has completed at least 60 semester units, or the equivalent, an…

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 fields that have the most critical shortage of teachers. The Superintendent shall review this list annually and revise the …

The commission shall commence loan assumption payments, as specified in Section 69613.4, upon verification that the applicant has fulfilled all of the following: (a) The applicant has received a California preliminary or professional clear credential, or an equivalent credential …

(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 participant has completed one school year of classroom instruction pursuant to Section 69613.2, the commission shall assume up t…

(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 full-time basis or the equivalent on a part-time basis as required by this article, under the terms of the agreement purs…

(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 pursuant to a multiple subject credential. (b) The list, furnished by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to Secti…

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) of Section 69613.4, the following loan assumption benefits shall be granted: (a) One thousand dollars ($1,000) of addition…

(a) The commission shall distribute program information and student applications to participate in the loan assumption program to each eligible institution and to each school district or county office of education operating a district intern program pursuant to Section 44381. Eac…