Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that exempts certain students from nonresident tuition fees in California.

Highlights:

• Exempts from the nonresident tuition fee a nonresident and low-income student who meets the following requirements (Sec. 5).  

• Is a resident of a region impacted by war or other regional conflict; 

• Registers for lower division courses at Glendale Community College or 2 other community colleges selected by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, one in the Central Valley/Mother Lode Region and one in the North/Far North Region:and 

• Has indicated that they have sought residency in California in an effort to find relief from identified conflicts in their nation of origin.

• Prohibits more than 150 full-time equivalent students at a community college from being exempted from payment of the nonresident tuition fee pursuant to this exemption (Sec. 5). 

• Requires the governing boards of the community colleges that choose to use this exemption to adopt one uniform policy to determine a student’s residence classification (Sec. 5). 

• Establishes procedures for an appeal and review of the residence classification, and determine whether a student is low income (Sec. 5). 

• Requires the governing boards of the community colleges that choose to use this exemption, on or before January 1, 2029, to jointly submit a report to the Legislature that includes, but is not limited to, the demographics, attendance rate, and class completion rate of nonresident students who receive the exemption described above (Sec. 5).

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