Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) (1) The commission shall administer the Federal Family Education Loan Program as authorized pursuant to this chapter. The commission may enter into any contract with the United States Secretary of Education or any other federal officer or agency under Title IV of the Higher E…

(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 efforts required by federal law, which includes initiating a civil suit against the borrower for repayment of the loan. (b…

(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 against the individual in the amount of the loan principal, interest, and predefault and collection costs listed on the cer…

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 costs. If that payment is made, wage garnishment or the attachment of property shall not commence. The payment shall not…

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 notice-of-intent period, the lien may be filed without prior notice. The commission shall provide notice of the attachment of proper…

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 commission may establish a system of priorities for the approval of loans.

(a) The commission shall guarantee any student loan made pursuant to this article in the amount specified in federal statutes and regulations. (b) The commission shall establish the ratio of reserve funds to loans outstanding.

(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 Guaranteed Loan Reserve Fund shall cease to exist, and funds deposited, or required to be deposited, in that fund shall be transfe…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in addition to the purposes for which funds are appropriated pursuant to Section 69766, there is hereby continuously appropriated from the Federal Student Loan Reserve Fund and the Student Loan Operating Fund to the commis…

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 or other accretions as a result of the investment of this money shall be deposited in the originating fund, and may be exp…

(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 Controller, or through a transfer between the Federal Student Loan Reserve Fund and the Student Loan Operating Fund, and re…

The commission shall establish a Loan Advisory Council. The Loan Advisory Council shall be composed of 17 members, appointed by the commission, composed of representatives of students, postsecondary educational institutions, eligible lenders, and participating secondary markets.

(a) The Loan Advisory Council established pursuant to Section 69769 shall be composed of members appointed from the following groups: (1) Four representatives of the lending community participating in the Federal Family Education Loan Program. (2) One representative each from the…

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 nonvoting representative to the council who shall serve as liaison between that department and the council.

The Loan Advisory Council shall review the activities and policies of the Federal Family Education Loan Program and shall regularly advise the commission of its findings and recommendations. The Loan Advisory Council may request information and data that it deems appropriate from…

(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, the commission, and the nonvoting representative appointed by the United States Department of Education, if any, are inel…

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 thereof, or any similar act of Congress, and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder.

The commission shall annually report on the numbers of students participating in the program, total loan volume, and the postsecondary educational institutions in which participating students are enrolled.

(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, for purposes of collecting on a defaulted loan, the commission is entitled to seek employment, wage, and other information…

The commission shall develop and distribute in cooperation with postsecondary educational institutions and private lenders, simple, common consumer information for prospective student borrowers.

The commission may contract for all or part of administrative support services.

The commission may enter into contracts with a public agency or a private entity to improve the processing and distribution of guaranteed student loan applications through the use of electronic networks and unified data bases.

The commission shall encourage private lenders to increase participation in the guaranteed student loan program.

The General Fund shall not be liable for any student loan made prior to the effective date of the chapter which enacts this section.

(a) The California Community Colleges and the California State University may, and the University of California is encouraged to, coordinate services for qualified students who are veterans or members of the military by clearly designating Military and Veterans Offices and indivi…

The California Community Colleges and the California State University may, and the University of California is encouraged to, report to the Department of Veterans Affairs, on an annual basis, all of the following information: (a) The number of qualified students assisted by a Mil…

A public, private, or independent postsecondary educational institution, except the California Community Colleges, shall do all of the following: (a) (1) State both of the following in all printed and online financial aid materials issued or distributed by the institution to appl…

(a) Before certifying a borrower’s eligibility for a private student loan, a public, private, or independent postsecondary educational institution shall provide to the student information concerning all unused state and federal financial assistance, including unused federal stude…

The California Community Colleges may, and are requested to, comply with the provisions of Section 69800.

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 applicable.

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 who is a student at a public or private university, college, or other institution of higher education, shall be deemed t…

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 campus and was convicted of a public offense in connection therewith, or is found to have willfully and knowingly disrupte…

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit any public or private university, college, or other institution of higher education from suspending or refusing to grant scholarships, loans, fellowships, grants-in-aid, or any other financial aid given or guaranteed by the s…

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 institution of higher education.

(a) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Chancellor’s office” means the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. (2) “Fund” means the College Access Tax Credit Fund established pursuant to Section 17053.87 of the Revenue and Taxatio…

(a) As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (b) “Program” means the Learning-Aligned Employment Program created pursuant to this article. (c) “Public postsecondary educational institution” or “institution” means a campus of…

The Leaning-Aligned Employment Program is hereby created to provide eligible college and university students with the opportunity to earn money to help defray their educational costs, while gaining education-aligned, career-related experience. The program shall be administered by…

(a) A postsecondary educational institution currently eligible to participate in state-funded student financial aid programs pursuant to this chapter or in federal financial aid programs is eligible and strongly encouraged to participate in the program. (b) Before participating i…

All of the following entities shall be eligible to employ students participating in the program: (a) Research centers and institutions operated by public postsecondary educational institutions, if their learning-aligned employment opportunities provide participating students with…

(a) A student from an underrepresented background satisfying all of the following criteria shall be eligible to participate in the program: (1) Enrollment on at least a half-time basis at a participating public postsecondary educational institution. (2) Resident classification pu…

(a) Each participating public postsecondary educational institution shall collaborate with local employers to identify learning-aligned employment opportunities that are located near the institution, aligned with the areas of study offered by the institution, and aligned with an …

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 position that relates to the student’s area of study, career objective, or the exploration of career objectives. (b) The…

The institution shall assure that each learning-aligned employment position meets all of the following conditions: (a) The position shall be educationally beneficial or related to a particular career interest or the exploration of career options. (b) The work performed by the stu…

A participating institution shall do both of the following: (a) Develop partnerships with employers willing to contribute resources toward a percentage share of student compensation to be paid by the employer and by the program, respectively. (1) (A) For learning-aligned employme…

A participating public postsecondary educational institution is strongly encouraged to develop competency-based educational opportunities in order to grant academic credit for work performed in a learning-aligned employment position.

(a) The program may include summer learning-aligned employment opportunities in order to provide learning-aligned employment positions for eligible students who may find it difficult to locate meaningful employment because of a rigorous academic program that does not allow them t…

(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 University, and the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, shall do all of the following: (1) Develop…

(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 participating public postsecondary educational institutions based on their share of students receiving a federal Pell Grant in the …

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Administrative fund” means the funds used to administer this article. (b) “Beneficiary” has the same meaning as “designated beneficiary,” as provided in paragraph…

(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, powers, and duties of the Scholarshare trust are vested in, and shall be exercised by, the board. (c) The board, in the …