Title EDC — California Educ. Code

(a) The board may adopt regulations for the purposes of this article as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). …

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 higher education more affordable.

The Middle Class Scholarship Program is hereby established under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. For purposes of this article, “commission” means the Student Aid Commission.

(a) (1) Subject to an available and sufficient appropriation, an undergraduate student enrolled in the California State University or the University of California, or a community college student enrolled in upper division coursework of a community college baccalaureate program, d…

(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, for a community college award recipient, the equivalent of two years of full-time upper division coursework attendance in …

(a) For each academic year, the commission shall determine an amount sufficient, when combined with other federal, state, or institutionally administered student scholarships, grants, or fee waivers received by eligible students from other sources, to provide scholarships to elig…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California DREAM Loan Program.

The California DREAM Loan Program, which may also be referred to as the DREAM Program, is hereby established.

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 shall determine the academic year in which it is included. (b) “Award year” means one academic year, or the equivalent, of…

(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 satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) The student is exempt from paying nonresident tuition under Section 68130.5, o…

(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 provisions: (1) The loan may not exceed the financial need of the student. (2) (A) A student who is enrolled in an under…

(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 of the DREAM Program. (b) The annual Budget Act shall allocate funding to participating institutions based on the number…

(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 a participating institution may receive a DREAM grant pursuant to this section. (c) Each participating institution may a…

Each participating institution is responsible for all the following: (a) The participating institution shall determine a student’s eligibility for a DREAM loan. (b) The participating institution shall award DREAM loan funds to students. (c) The participating institution shall pro…

(a) The Trustees of the California State University and the Regents of the University of California shall adopt regulations providing for the withholding of institutional services from a student or former student who has been notified in writing at the student’s or former student…

(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 Program to students for that award year. (b) The amount of the administrative cost allowance described in subdivision (a…

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, as equitable relief, that the participating institution subject to the lawsuit terminate all loans awarded pursuant to tha…

This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Ban on Scholarship Displacement Act of 2021.

The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) As of 2020, California students who have financial need and receive private scholarships are unable to make full use of the awards provided to them by private scholarship providers because institutions of higher educat…

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 start date of a session shall determine the academic year in which it is included. (b) “Cost of attendance” means the stude…

(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 Cal Grant award, or financial assistance under the California Dream Act for an academic year as a result of private schol…

In newly formed districts for which an interim governing board is appointed by the county superintendent of schools, a governing board member election shall be held: (a) When the action necessary for the formation of a new community college district is completed on or before the …

When a member of the governing board of a community college district which is being reorganized and which will cease to exist takes office as a member of the initial or interim governing board of a newly formed community college district, he or she shall cease to be a member of t…

(a) Any person, regardless of sex, who is 18 years of age or older, a citizen of the state, a resident of the community college district, a registered voter, and who is not disqualified by the Constitution or laws of the state from holding a civil office, is eligible to be electe…

No member of the governing board of a community college district shall, during the term for which he or she was elected, be eligible to serve on the governing board of a high school district whose boundaries are coterminous with those of the community college district.

Except as provided in Sections 54957 and 54957.6 of the Government Code and in Section 72122 of, and subdivision (c) of Section 48914 of, this code, all meetings of the governing board of any community college district shall be open to the public, and all actions authorized or re…

It is the intent of the Legislature that members of the public be able to place matters directly related to community college district business on the agenda of community college district governing board meetings, and that members of the public be able to address the board regard…

The governing board of a community college district shall, unless a request by the student has been made pursuant to this section, hold closed sessions if the board is considering the suspension of, or disciplinary action or any other action in connection with any student of the …

(a) Special meetings may be held at the call of the president of the board or upon a call issued in writing and signed by a majority of the members of the board. (b) A notice of the meeting shall be posted at least 24 hours prior to the special meeting and shall specify the time …

An action to reorganize one or more districts by the transfer of territory to another district is initiated upon the filing of a petition with the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction. A petition to reorganize districts by the transfer of territory to another dist…

In any petition to reorganize districts by transfer, there shall be designated no more than three of the petitioners as chief petitioners for the purpose of receiving notice of any public hearings to be held on the petition.

The persons securing the signatures to a petition of electors to reorganize districts shall attach thereto an affidavit that all persons who signed the petition did so in the presence of the affiant and that each signature is a genuine signature of the person whose name it purpor…

Upon receipt of the petition, the county superintendent of schools shall transmit a copy of the petition to the board of governors. The county superintendent of schools, within 30 days after the petition for reorganization is filed, shall examine the petition and, if he or she fi…

Within 90 days after receipt of the petition, the county committee shall hold one or more public hearings on the petition at a regular or special meeting in each of the districts affected by the petition. Notice of the public hearing shall be given at least 10 days in advance of …

(a) The county committee may add to the petition any appropriate provisions which were not included in the petition as filed, and may amend any provision which was so included. (b) At least 10 days before the public hearing on the petition, the county committee shall make availab…

Within 90 days after affording the public an opportunity to comment on the petition, the report, and the recommendations included in the report, the county committee shall forward a copy of the petition and the report documents to each district governing board and the board of go…

The county committee may approve a petition only if either of the following conditions are met: (a) The petition is to transfer uninhabited territory from one district to another and the owner of the territory, or a majority of the owners of the territory, and the governing board…

Whenever a county committee approves a petition, within 10 days it shall transmit a copy of the approved petition, together with any related information or recommendations, to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for review.

Whenever the county committee rejects a petition, it shall notify the chief petitioners and the board of governors of its action and provide in writing the basis for rejection. The county committee need not accept a new petition on the same territory filed within 12 months of its…

Provisions of this article shall apply only to petitions to include in an existing community college district a high school or unified school district which is contiguous to that community college district and presently not in any community college district subject to provisions …

An action to annex nondistrict territory to an existing community college district is initiated upon the filing with the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction of a petition signed by any one of the following: (a) At least 25 percent of the registered voters residin…

(a) A petition initiated under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 74131 shall be filed with the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction over the nondistrict territory. (b) A petition initiated under subdivision (c) of Section 74131 shall be filed with the county super…

The provisions of Sections 74102 and 74103 shall apply to a petition for annexation.

Upon receipt of the petition the county superintendent of schools shall transmit a copy of the petition to the board of governors. Within 30 days after the petition for reorganization is filed, the county superintendent shall examine the petition and, if he or she finds it to be …

(a) The county committee may add to the petition any appropriate provisions which were not included in the petition as filed and may amend any provision which was so included. (b) At least 10 days before the public hearing on the petition, the county committee shall make availabl…

Within 90 days after affording the public an opportunity to comment on the petition, the report, and the recommendations included in the report, the county committee shall forward a copy of the petition and the report to each affected governing board and the board of governors fo…

The governing board of the district to which the territory is to be transferred shall set a date for a public hearing on the petition which shall be within 60 days of the receipt of the petition forwarded pursuant to Section 74136, and the county superintendent shall notify the c…

The county committee may approve the petition only if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The governing board of the receiving district has consented to all conditions of annexation by an agreement signed by a majority of the members of the board. (b) The county committe…

Whenever a county committee approves a petition, within 10 days it shall transmit a copy of the approved petition, together with any related information or recommendations, to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for review.

Whenever a county committee rejects a petition, it shall notify the chief petitioners and the board of governors of its action and provide in writing the basis for rejection. The county committee need not accept a new petition on the same territory filed within 12 months of its d…