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Date of Request | 10.28.16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Requester | CCCCO State Legislature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Application(s) | Account & Edit Account | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Section / Page | Residency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steering Approval | APPROVED for March 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steering Hearing Date | 11.01.16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proposed Change to Download File | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proposed Change to Residency Logic | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Problem / Issue
Issue
The California legislature recently (9.21.16) chaptered bill AB 801 which requires CCCs to identify homeless youth - under age 25 (24 and under) - for the purposes of determining financial aid eligibilities and Priority Registration.
- As it pertains to AB801, OpenCCCApply should be amended per the required changes to Ed Code 66029.5:
- Add new downloadable data fields and onscreen question(s) to CCCApply Standard Application, BOG, OpenCCC Account, Edit Account (Apply, BOG, IA) to comply.
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SEC. 2.5. - Section 66025.9 of the Education Code is amended to read: 66025.9. (a) The California State University and each community college district shall, and the University of California is requested to, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, grant priority in that system for registration for enrollment to a foster youth or former foster youth or, until January 1, 2020, homeless youth.(b) For purposes of this section: (1) “Foster youth and former foster youth” means a person in California whose dependency was established or continued by the court on or after the youth’s 16th birthday and who is no older than 25 years of age at the commencement of the academic year. (2) “Homeless youth” means a student under 25 years of age, who has been verified at any time during the 24 months immediately preceding the receipt of his or her application for admission by a postsecondary educational institution that is a qualifying institution pursuant to Section 69432.7, as a homeless child or youth, as defined in subsection (2) of Section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), by at least one of the following: (i) A homeless services provider, as that term is defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 103577 of the Health and Safety Code. (ii) The director of a federal TRIO program or Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs program, or a designee of that director. (iii) A financial aid administrator for an institution of higher education. (c) For purposes of this section, a student who is verified as a homeless youth as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) shall retain that status for a period of six years from the date of admission to the postsecondary educational institution. This may require a change to the residency logic Does it only pertain to priority registration? AB 801, Bloom. Postsecondary education: Success for Homeless Youth in Higher Education Act. (1) Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Among other things, the act requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority in that system for registration for enrollment to foster youth, as defined, or former foster youth, until the repeal of this provision on January 1, 2017. This bill would enact the Success for Homeless Youth in Higher Education Act. The bill would delete the repeal date of, and thereby extend indefinitely, the above-referenced priority requirement, with respect to the California State University and community college districts, and the request for the granting of priority, with respect to the University of California. The bill would extend that priority requirement, and that request, to include homeless youth until January 1, 2020. To the extent that this provision would impose new duties on community college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program. |
Proposed Solution
Two new questions/data fields will be added to identify "Homeless Youth" under 25:
- Add checkbox question to the Permanent Address section of OpenCCC Account creation and Edit Account Profile pages (Apply, BOG, IA);
- Remove validation across the Permanent address and current mailing address fields if the checkbox is NOT empty.
- Add Yes/No radial button question to the Residency page (near Foster Youth questions) for Homeless Youth.
- Set <homeless_youth> field default to "yes" if OpenCCC permanent address checkbox is checked.
- Add step to the Area B residency logic (Homeless Youth should be classified as "B2" in Area B. Documentation must be collected to verify.)
- Add integrity flag to alert Admissions / Financial Aid of Homeless Youth status.
- Ensure Review Application page has new questions
- Ensure Submitted Application PDF has new questions
- Ensure all new data fields are added to the Download Client (see new fields below).
General Requirements Summary
- All requirements listed below pertain to all development environments: CI, TEST, PILOT & Production
- This implementation has been approved by the CCCApply Steering Committee - due to State mandate AB 801
- Each application will have common changes and unique change requirements
- All requirements details will appear on this document
- Ensure the Download Client is updated for each application
- Update specifications / data dictionaries: CCCApply Standard Application; OpenCCC Account v.2017.1; BOG 2017-2018 Specification; CCCApply International App Data Dictionary v.2017.1
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| APPLY Edit Account - Apply |
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| OpenCCC Account |
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| BOG & Edit Account BOG |
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| International & Edit Account IA |
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| Download Client Apply, BOG, IA |
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| Report Center |
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| Administrator (Legacy & 2.0) |
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Technical Change Specifications for Standard Application
- Add new downloadable data field to the database <homeless_youth> and add new "Homeless Youth" question to the Residency page for applicant's under 25 at time of application <current_date>.
Description | Specification |
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| Data Field Name | homeless_youth |
| Description | Whether applicant has been determined homeless by the college Financial Aid Office. |
| Conditions | Only display if applicant is under age 25 at application submission date. <current_date minus 25 years < birthdate> |
| Type | Yes / No Radial - with Clear Selection |
| Format / Length | VarChar 1 |
| Error Validation | Required user response if displayed; else error message, "You must select Yes or No to specify whether you have been determined homeless anytime within the last 24 months. If you have been homeless, check “Yes” and contact the Admissions Office to present verification. |
| Notes | New question added to the Standard application to identify if applicant has been verified as homeless within the past 24 months by specified agencies. The RDD is not used in the logic for this question. |
| Onscreen Text | "At any time in the last 24 months were you determined to be homeless by any of the following agencies?: * High school or school district homeless liaison * Emergency shelter or transitional housing program * Director of a runaway or homeless youth basic center or transitional living program |
| Placement | Add directly above the Foster Youth Status question on the Residency page. |
| Add to Download Client | YES |
New Homeless Question added to the Residency section on Application Year page
Requirements for Apply
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Add new downloadable data field <homeless_youth> to database and display new question "Homeless Youth" to Residency page ONLY if applicant is under 25 years old (Standard Application only). # Add new <homeless_youth> data field and question to the Residency page for students to self-report verification of Homeless Youth within 24 months of current application date. NO RDD will be included in this question. At any time in the last 24 months were you determined to be homeless by any of the following?: # Add new Integrity Flag 40 data field <integrity_fg_40> for "Homeless Youth Under 25" | |||
Create new downloadable data field (residency table): homeless_youth Format: Yes / No buttons | |||
Add new checkbox question to the Residency page (immediately below the Foster Youth question) with the following language: At any time in the last 24 months were you determined to be homeless by one or more of the following?
Yes No (radial button, with clear selection). | |||
| Default <homeless_youth> radial button to YES, if "I don't have a permanent address because I am currently homeless." checkbox in Account or Edit Account (Apply, BOG, IA) is YES. | |||
Revise residency logic (Area B) with New Step 12. Add the following logic: If "homeless_youth" = YES, and <birthdate> = < 25, then set Class B2 and Flag 40 - Go to Step 13. | |||
| Add NEW Integrity Flag 40 data field <integrity_fg_40> Integrity flag is triggered if <homeless_youth> is YES | Add NEW checkbox question and data field to the Current Mailing Address section for: "I have no current mailing address because I am homeless." New data field: <no_current_mailing_address_homeless> - Boolean field. | Add conditional logic: if <no_current_mailing_address_homeless> is YES (checked) then zip up all the current mailing address fields | |
| Default data field question <homeless_youth> to YES. If new data field/checkboxquestion for <homeless_youth> is NOT EMPTY, ensure that the APPLY residency question field "homeless_youth" defaults to YES. | |||
| Add new <homeless_youth> question and response appears on the Review Application page and Submitted Application PDF (post-submission). | |||
Update Specs: Add new data fields to the CCCApply Standard Application Data Dictionary V.2017.1 - PILOT Update Specs: Add new data fields to the Download Client User Guide Data Fields list. |
Technical Changes to Apply Residency Logic
Add new step 12 to existing residency logic and update the "If NO" column of step 11 and step 13. By adding a new step 12, former step 12 is now new step 13, and step 11 now requires the "If No" action to go to the new Step 12. See the proposed changes in RED below (steps 11, 12, 13, and 14).
PROPOSED CHANGES to Table B. Outline of Area B (Stay and Intent)
Step | Evaluation Statement | Data Elements & Logic | If Yes | If No | ||||||
1 | Do out-of-state indicators support intent? | ca_outside_tax = 0 AND ca_outside_voted = 0 AND ca_outside_college= 0 AND ca_outside_lawsuit = 0 | Go to step 2 | Class B2 (flag 30) | ||||||
2 | Has the applicant lived in California for two years prior to RDD? | ca_res_2_years = 1 | Go to step 5 | Go to step 3 | ||||||
3 | Has the applicant been resident in CA for over a year prior to RDD? | ca_date_current ! = null AND ca_date_current < RDD minus 1 year | Class B2 | Go to step 4 | ||||||
4 | Is the applicant a current or former foster youth, under age 20, and now residing in California? | foster_youth_status is != 0 | Class B2 go to step 5 (flag 70) | Class B0 | ||||||
5 | Has the applicant completed HS outside CA in last 2 years? | education: hs_state ! = CA AND education: hs_comp_date RDD minus 2 years | Class B2 | Go to step 6 | ||||||
6 | Is the applicant in military with non CA home of record? | military_status = 2 AND ( military_home_state != CA OR military_legal_residence!= CA) | Class B2 | Go to step 7 | ||||||
7 | Is the applicant under the care and control of a guardian, under 19 and unmarried? | ‘over19OrMarried’= 0 AND ‘guardianOrParentRelation’ = G | Class B2 | Go to step 8 | ||||||
8 | Is the applicant’s current address outside of California? | ‘Mailing address – state’ != CA | Class B2 | Go to step 9 | ||||||
9 | Is the applicant’s permanent address outside of California? | ‘Permanent address – state’ != CA | Class B2 | Go to step 10 | ||||||
10 | Is the applicant under 19 as of RDD with last high school out-of-state? | RDD minus19 years > personal_info: birthdate AND education: hs_state != CA | Class B2 | Go to step 11 | ||||||
11 | Was the applicant enrolled in an out-of-state college with a ‘To Date’ within the year previous to the term start date? | In any row of colleges_attended table: If state != CA AND to_date is greater than the term start date minus 1 year. | Class B2 | Go to step 12 | ||||||
| Proposed NEW Step Is the applicant identified as "Homeless" and under age 25? | <homeless_youth> = Yes AND current_date minus Birthdate < 25 years | Set Class B2 (trigger flag 40) go to step 14 | Go to Step 13 | ||||||
NEW Step 13 | Has Class B0 been set? | Class B0 has been set | Class B0 | Go to step 14 | ||||||
NEW Step 14 | Has Class B2 been set? | Class B2 has been set | Class B2 | Class B1 |
Requirements for OpenCCC Account / Edit Account
- Add ONE NEW checkbox question and data field to the Permanent Address section of Account creation & Edit Account (Apply, BOG, IA) that will allow self-reported homeless youth to identify themselves by placing a check in the box.
- Add NEW data field: "no_perm_address_homeless"
- New "no_perm_address_homeless" checkbox will always appear to all users in Account & Edit Account pages
- If user checks the No Perm Address Homeless checkbox = Yes, DO NOT trigger error validation and do not display error messages for Permanent Address fields OR Current Mailing Address fields*
- If user checks the No Perm Address Homeless checkbox = Yes, then display "No Permanent Address - Homeless" on the Review OpenCCC Account Information summary portion of the Account/Mailing Information page (see screen shot attached).
- NOTE: Per changes to original requirements by Steering on 12/6/16 - do NOT add an additional checkbox for "No Current Mailing address because I'm homeless" on the Current Mailing Address section across all three apps. Revert to the original implementation, which displayed 1) My Current Mailing address is the same as my permanent address..." and 2) My Current Mailing address is outside the U.S." BUT remove validation from the Current Mailing Address fields so there are no blockers if the Homeless person has no Current Mailing address. They will be allowed to either:
a) enter a Current Mailing address (even if they have no permanent address);
b) check the box "my current mailing is the same as my permanent"
c) skip all fields/questions and Continue without validation
**Our goal is to try to get a current mailing address from the Homeless Youth, even if they don't have a Permanent Address. So if the user indicates they don't have a Permanent Address at any time, we don't want error messages popping up in either the Permanent or Current Mailing address area preventing them from continuing/submitting application.
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| Add new boolean data field for "no_perm_address_homeless" to OpenCCC Account db. | |
Add new checkbox question with the following language to Permanent Address section:
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| If checkbox is NOT EMPTY, then remove all validation from the Permanent Address fields in Edit Account (APPLY, BOG, IA) and zip up all fields so they do not appear to the applicant. | |
| Add conditional logic to Permanent Address fields sections in Edit Account: IF applicant check marks "I have no permanent address because I am currently homeless" THEN zip up all Permanent Address fields (including the following fields: street 1 and street 2; city; state; zipcode; Non-US Province; Non-US postal code; country). | |
| If checkbox is NOT EMPTY, ensure that the APPLY residency question field "homeless_youth" defaults to YES. | |
| Update Account Data Dictionary (Internal specification - found here: /wiki/spaces/CCCDoc/pages/6717495 |
Technical Change Specifications for OpenCCC Account / Edit Account
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Add a new checkbox question and downloadable data field to the Permanent Address section in OpenCCC Account Creation and Edit Account (Apply, BOG, and IA) for applicant to indicate if they have no address because they are homeless.
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Add conditional logic to remove error validation from all Permanent Address fields IF checkbox is NOT empty (applicant checks Yes) to "I have no permanent address because I am currently homeless" and zip up/roll up all Permanent Address fields from view.
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| NEW | Add logic to remove error validation from the Current Mailing Address section if applicant checks "Yes" I have no permanent address because I am homeless" in Account or Edit Account.
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| Add logic so that if applicant checks new question, then DEFAULT new Apply residency question field "homeless_youth" to YES. (Note: This is a requirement for Apply project, but double check that the logic is working from Account to Apply. The new Yes/No radial button question in Apply is <homeless_youth>. See requirements table for Apply below. | |||||||||||||||||||||
<Discuss this one with Tyler> If new checkbox <no_perm_address_homeless> is Yes, not empty, then ensure the checkbox in all three Current Mailing address sections in Apply, BOG, and IA for "My current mailing address is the same as my permanent address in my OpenCCC Account" does not appear to the applicant in the Current Mailing Address sections. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Update Specs: Add new data fields and question to the OpenCCC Account v.2017.1 data dictionary specification (Internal specification - found here: /wiki/spaces/CCCDoc/pages/6717495 |
Supporting Docs / Attachements
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| 1 | Data Specs for "Homeless Youth" attachment. |
Supporting Documentation
Full language of the AB801 Law:
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Success for Homeless Youth in Higher Education Act. SEC. 2. Section 66025.9 of the Education Code is amended to read: 66025.9. (a) The California State University and each community college district shall, and the University of California is requested to, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, grant priority in that system for registration for enrollment to a foster youth or former foster youth or, until January 1, 2020, a homeless youth.(b) For purposes of this section: (1) “Foster youth” means a person who is currently in foster care, and “former foster youth” means a person who is an emancipated foster youth and who is 24 years of age or younger. (2) “Homeless youth” means a student under 25 years of age, who has been verified at any time during the 24 months immediately preceding the receipt of his or her application for admission by a postsecondary educational institution that is a qualifying institution pursuant to Section 69432.7, as a homeless child or youth, as defined in subsection (2) of Section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), by at least one of the following: (i) A homeless services provider, as that term is defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 103577 of the Health and Safety Code. (ii) The director of a federal TRIO program or Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs program, or a designee of that director. (iii) A financial aid administrator for an institution of higher education. (c) For purposes of this section, a student who is verified as a homeless youth as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) shall retain that status for a period of six years from the date of admission to the postsecondary educational institution. SEC. 2.5. Section 66025.9 of the Education Code is amended to read:66025.9. (a) The California State University and each community college district shall, and the University of California is requested to, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, grant priority in that system for registration for enrollment to a foster youth or former foster youth or, until January 1, 2020, homeless youth.(b) For purposes of this section: (1) “Foster youth and former foster youth” means a person in California whose dependency was established or continued by the court on or after the youth’s 16th birthday and who is no older than 25 years of age at the commencement of the academic year. (2) “Homeless youth” means a student under 25 years of age, who has been verified at any time during the 24 months immediately preceding the receipt of his or her application for admission by a postsecondary educational institution that is a qualifying institution pursuant to Section 69432.7, as a homeless child or youth, as defined in subsection (2) of Section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), by at least one of the following: (i) A homeless services provider, as that term is defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 103577 of the Health and Safety Code. (ii) The director of a federal TRIO program or Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs program, or a designee of that director. (iii) A financial aid administrator for an institution of higher education. (c) For purposes of this section, a student who is verified as a homeless youth as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) shall retain that status for a period of six years from the date of admission to the postsecondary educational institution. SEC. 3. Section 67003.5 is added to the Education Code, to read: 67003.5. (a) A postsecondary educational institution that is a “qualifying institution,” as defined in Section 69432.7, shall do both of the following:(1) Designate a staff member who is employed within the financial aid office, or another appropriate office or department, of the institution to serve as the Homeless and Foster Student Liaison. The Homeless and Foster Student Liaison shall be responsible for understanding the provisions of the federal Higher Education Act pertaining to financial aid eligibility of current and former foster youth and homeless youth, including unaccompanied homeless youth, and for identifying services available and appropriate for enrolled students who fall under one or more of these categories. The liaison shall assist these students in applying for and receiving federal and state financial aid and available services. (2) Inform current and prospective students of the institution about student financial aid and other assistance available to homeless youth and current and former foster youth, including their eligibility as independent students under Section 1087vv of the federal Higher Education Act, as that section read on December 31, 2015. (b) The Regents of the University of California are requested to adopt policies that are, to the extent that is feasible, equivalent to the provisions of subdivision (a). (c) The definitions of foster youth, former foster youth, and homeless youth in subdivision (b) of Section 66025.9 shall apply to this section. SEC. 4. Section 69514.5 of the Education Code is amended to read: 69514.5. (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 training to high school and community college counselors and advisers who work with students planning to attend or attending a community college. This training shall also address the specific needs of all of the following:(1) Community college students intending to transfer to a four-year institution of higher education. (2) Foster youth and former foster youth, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 66025.9. (3) Homeless youth, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 66025.9. (4) Students with disabilities. (b) The program shall provide specialized information on financial aid opportunities available to community college students, with a particular focus on students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university. The commission shall work in collaboration with the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and other segments of higher education to develop and distribute this specialized information to assist community college students who are planning to transfer to a four-year college or university. Each year, the program shall offer financial aid workshops for high school and community college counselors, targeted for students planning to attend a community college or to transfer from a community college to a four-year institution of higher education. The program shall assist community college counselors in conducting student and family workshops that provide general information about financial aid and technical assistance in completing financial aid forms. (c) The program shall concentrate its efforts on high schools and community colleges that are located in geographic areas that have a high percentage of low-income families. SEC. 5. Section 69561 of the Education Code is amended to read: 69561. (a) The Student Opportunity and Access Program is administered by the Student Aid Commission.(b) The Student Aid Commission may apportion funds on a progress payment schedule for the support of projects designed to increase the accessibility of postsecondary educational opportunities for any of the following elementary and secondary school pupils: (1) Pupils who are from low-income families. (2) Pupils who would be the first in their families to attend college. (3) Pupils who are from schools or geographic regions with documented low-eligibility or college participation rates. (4) Pupils who are homeless youth, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 66025.9. (c) These projects shall primarily do all of the following: (1) Increase the availability of information for these pupils on the existence of postsecondary schooling and work opportunities. (2) Raise the achievement levels of these pupils so as to increase the number of high school graduates eligible to pursue postsecondary learning opportunities. (d) Projects may assist community college students in transferring to four-year institutions, to the extent that project resources are available. (e) Projects may provide assistance to low-income fifth and sixth grade pupils and their parents in order to implement outreach efforts designed to use the future availability of financial assistance as a means of motivating pupils to stay in school and complete college preparatory courses. (f) Projects may provide assistance to low-income middle and high school pupils and their parents in order to implement outreach efforts designed to use the future availability of financial assistance as a means of motivating pupils to stay in school by promoting career technical education public awareness. Projects shall promote the value of career technical education, available career programs in public schools and postsecondary segments with sequenced courses beginning in high school and continuing into postsecondary education, and the resulting career opportunities. (g) Each project shall be proposed and operated through a consortium that involves at least one secondary school district office, at least one four-year college or university, at least one community college, and at least one of the following agencies: (1) A nonprofit educational, counseling, or community agency. (2) A private vocational or technical school accredited by a national, state, or regional accrediting association recognized by the United States Department of Education. (h) The commission, in awarding initial project grants, shall give priority to proposals developed by more than three eligible agencies. Projects shall be located throughout the state in order to provide access to program services in rural, urban, and suburban areas. (i) The governing board of each project, comprising at least one representative from each entity in the consortium, shall establish management policy, provide direction to the project director, set priorities for budgetary decisions that reflect the specific needs of the project, and assume responsibility for maintaining the required level of matching funds, including solicitations from the private sector and corporate sources. (j) Prior to receiving a project grant, each consortium shall conduct a planning process and submit a comprehensive project proposal to include, but not be limited to, the following information: (1) The agencies participating in the project. (2) The pupils to be served by the project. (3) The ways in which the project will reduce duplication and related costs. (4) The methods for assessing the project’s impact. (k) Each project shall include the direct involvement of secondary school staff in the daily operations of the project, with preference in funding to those projects that effectively integrate the objectives of the Student Opportunity and Access Program with those of the school district in providing services that are essential to preparing pupils for postsecondary education. (l) Each project shall maintain within the project headquarters a comprehensive pupil-specific information system on pupils receiving services through the program in grades 11 and 12 at secondary schools within the participating districts. This information shall be maintained in a manner consistent with the law relating to pupil records. (m) At least 30 percent or the equivalent of each project grant shall be allocated for stipends to peer advisers and tutors who meet all of the following criteria: (1) Work with secondary school pupils. (2) Are currently enrolled in a college or other postsecondary school as an undergraduate or graduate student. (3) Have demonstrated financial need for the stipend. (n) Each project should work cooperatively with other projects in the program and with the commission to establish viable student services and sound administrative procedures and to ensure coordination of the activities of the project with existing educational opportunity programs. The Student Aid Commission may develop additional regulations regarding the awarding of project grants and criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the individual projects. SEC. 6. Section 76300 of the Education Code is amended to read: 76300. (a) The governing board of each community college district shall charge each student a fee pursuant to this section.(b) (1) The fee prescribed by this section shall be forty-six dollars ($46) per unit per semester, effective with the summer term of the 2012 calendar year. (2) The board of governors shall proportionately adjust the amount of the fee for term lengths based upon a quarter system, and also shall proportionately adjust the amount of the fee for summer sessions, intersessions, and other short-term courses. In making these adjustments, the board of governors may round the per unit fee and the per term or per session fee to the nearest dollar. (c) For the purposes of computing apportionments to community college districts pursuant to Section 84750.5, the board of governors shall subtract, from the total revenue owed to each district, 98 percent of the revenues received by districts from charging a fee pursuant to this section. (d) The board of governors shall reduce apportionments by up to 10 percent to any district that does not collect the fees prescribed by this section. (e) The fee requirement does not apply to any of the following: (1) Students enrolled in the noncredit courses designated by Section 84757. (2) California State University or University of California students enrolled in remedial classes provided by a community college district on a campus of the University of California or a campus of the California State University, for whom the district claims an attendance apportionment pursuant to an agreement between the district and the California State University or the University of California. (3) Students enrolled in credit contract education courses pursuant to Section 78021, if the entire cost of the course, including administrative costs, is paid by the public or private agency, corporation, or association with which the district is contracting and if these students are not included in the calculation of the full-time equivalent students (FTES) of that district. (f) The governing board of a community college district may exempt special part-time students admitted pursuant to Section 76001 from the fee requirement. (g) (1) The fee requirements of this section shall be waived for any student who meets all of the following requirements: (A) Meets minimum academic and progress standards adopted by the board of governors, which fulfill the requirements outlined in this paragraph and paragraphs (2) to (5), inclusive. Any minimum academic and progress standards adopted pursuant to this section shall be uniform across all community college districts and campuses. These standards shall not include a maximum unit cap, and community college districts and colleges shall not impose requirements for fee waiver eligibility other than the minimum academic and progress standards adopted by the board of governors and the requirements of subparagraph (B). (B) Meets one of the following criteria: (i) At the time of enrollment, is a recipient of benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment Program, or a general assistance program. (ii) Demonstrates eligibility according to income standards established by regulations of the board of governors. (iii) Demonstrates financial need in accordance with the methodology set forth in federal law or regulation for determining the expected family contribution of students seeking financial aid. (iv) At the time of enrollment, is a homeless youth as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 66025.9. (2) (A) The board of governors, in consultation with students, faculty, and other key stakeholders, shall consider all of the following in the development and adoption of minimum academic and progress standards pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1): (i) Minimum uniform academic and progress standards that do not unfairly disadvantage financially needy students in pursuing their education. (ii) Criteria for reviewing extenuating circumstances and granting appeals that, at a minimum, take into account and do not penalize a student for circumstances outside his or her control, such as reductions in student support services or changes to the economic situation of the student. (iii) A process for reestablishing fee waiver eligibility that provides a student with a reasonable opportunity to continue or resume his or her enrollment at a community college. (B) To ensure that students are not unfairly impacted by the requirements of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), the board of governors shall establish a reasonable implementation period that commences no sooner than one year from adoption of the minimum academic and progress standards, or any subsequent changes to these standards, pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) and that is phased in to provide students adequate notification of this requirement and information about available support resources. (3) It is the intent of the Legislature that minimum academic and progress standards adopted pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) be implemented only as campuses develop and implement the student support services and interventions necessary to ensure no disproportionate impact to students based on ethnicity, gender, disability, or socioeconomic status. The board of governors shall consider the ability of community college districts to meet the requirements of this paragraph before adopting minimum academic and progress standards, or any subsequent changes to these standards, pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1). (4) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that a student shall not lose fee waiver eligibility without a community college campus first demonstrating a reasonable effort to provide a student with adequate notification and assistance in maintaining his or her fee waiver eligibility. The board of governors shall adopt regulations to implement this paragraph that ensure all of the following: (A) Students are provided information about the available student support services to assist them in maintaining fee waiver eligibility. (B) Community college district policies and course catalogs reflect the minimum academic and progress standards adopted pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) and that appropriate notice is provided to students before the policies are put into effect. (C) A student does not lose fee waiver eligibility unless he or she has not met minimum academic and progress standards adopted pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) for a period of no less than two consecutive academic terms. (5) The board of governors shall provide notification of a proposed action to adopt regulations pursuant to this subdivision to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 70901.5. This notification shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (A) The proposed minimum academic and progress standards and information detailing how the requirements of paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, have been or will be satisfied. (B) How many students may lose fee waiver eligibility by ethnicity, gender, disability, and, to the extent relevant data is available, by socioeconomic status. (C) The criteria for reviewing extenuating circumstances, granting appeals, and reestablishing fee waiver eligibility pursuant to paragraph (2). (h) The fee requirements of this section shall be waived for any student who, at the time of enrollment, is a dependent or surviving spouse who has not remarried, of any member of the California National Guard who, in the line of duty and while in the active service of the state, was killed, died of a disability resulting from an event that occurred while in the active service of the state, or is permanently disabled as a result of an event that occurred while in the active service of the state. “Active service of the state,” for the purposes of this subdivision, refers to a member of the California National Guard activated pursuant to Section 146 of the Military and Veterans Code. (i) The fee requirements of this section shall be waived for any student who is the surviving spouse or the child, natural or adopted, of a deceased person who met all of the requirements of Section 68120. (j) The fee requirements of this section shall be waived for any student in an undergraduate program, including a student who has previously graduated from another undergraduate or graduate program, who is the dependent of any individual killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon or the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in southwestern Pennsylvania, if that dependent meets the financial need requirements set forth in Section 69432.7 for the Cal Grant A Program and either of the following applies: (1) The dependent was a resident of California on September 11, 2001. (2) The individual killed in the attacks was a resident of California on September 11, 2001. (k) A determination of whether a person is a resident of California on September 11, 2001, for purposes of subdivision (j) shall be based on the criteria set forth in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 68000) of Part 41 of Division 5 for determining nonresident and resident tuition. (l) (1) “Dependent,” for purposes of subdivision (j), is a person who, because of his or her relationship to an individual killed as a result of injuries sustained during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, qualifies for compensation under the federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (Title IV (commencing with Section 401) of Public Law 107-42). (2) A dependent who is the surviving spouse of an individual killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is entitled to the waivers provided in this section until January 1, 2013. (3) A dependent who is the surviving child, natural or adopted, of an individual killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is entitled to the waivers under subdivision (j) until that person attains 30 years of age. (4) A dependent of an individual killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, who is determined to be eligible by the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, is also entitled to the waivers provided in this section until January 1, 2013. (m) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that sufficient funds be provided to support the provision of a fee waiver for every student who demonstrates eligibility pursuant to subdivisions (g) to (j), inclusive. (2) From funds provided in the annual Budget Act, the board of governors shall allocate to community college districts, pursuant to this subdivision, an amount equal to 2 percent of the fees waived pursuant to subdivisions (g) to (j), inclusive. From funds provided in the annual Budget Act, the board of governors shall allocate to community college districts, pursuant to this subdivision, an amount equal to ninety-one cents ($0.91) per credit unit waived pursuant to subdivisions (g) to (j), inclusive. It is the intent of the Legislature that funds provided pursuant to this subdivision be used to support the determination of financial need and delivery of student financial aid services, on the basis of the number of students for whom fees are waived. It also is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided pursuant to this subdivision directly offset mandated costs claimed by community college districts pursuant to Commission on State Mandates consolidated Test Claims 99-TC-13 (Enrollment Fee Collection) and 00-TC-15 (Enrollment Fee Waivers). Funds allocated to a community college district for determination of financial need and delivery of student financial aid services shall supplement, and shall not supplant, the level of funds allocated for the administration of student financial aid programs during the 1992–93 fiscal year. (n) The board of governors shall adopt regulations implementing this section. (o) This section shall become operative on May 1, 2012, only if subdivision (b) of Section 3.94 of the Budget Act of 2011 is operative. SEC. 7. Section 2.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to Section 66025.9 of the Education Code proposed by both this bill and Senate Bill 906. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2017, (2) each bill amends Section 66025.9 of the Education Code, and (3) this bill is enacted after Senate Bill 906, in which case Section 2 of this bill shall not become operative. SEC. 8. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of |