{"id":1024,"date":"2022-03-22T12:53:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T12:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/statutes-california-laws\/?page_id=1024"},"modified":"2022-05-20T23:48:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T23:48:03","slug":"ab-288","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/ab-288\/","title":{"rendered":"AB 288"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-e878f05c31dff72941bf1e49a00d9ff5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Currrent as of February 4, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1250ikk-3048c1d3b185e74b357072040c28fc01\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l1250ikk-3048c1d3b185e74b357072040c28fc01 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:19px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l1250ikk-3048c1d3b185e74b357072040c28fc01 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Assembly Bill No. 288<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Introduced by Assembly<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">\u00a0<\/span>Members Calderon and\u00a0Bonta<br \/>\n(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu and Santiago)<br \/>\n(Coauthor: Senator Lim\u00f3n)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><br \/>\nJanuary\u00a021,\u00a02021<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">An act to add Article 24 (commencing with Section 70045) to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL&#8217;S DIGEST<\/p>\n<p>AB 288, as amended, \u00a0Calderon.\u00a0California Ban on Scholarship Displacement Act of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in the state.<\/p>\n<p>This bill would enact the California Ban on Scholarship Displacement Act of 2021, which would prohibit each public and private institution of higher education in the state that receives, or benefits from, state-funded financial assistance, or that enrolls students who receive state-funded student financial assistance, from reducing certain students\u2019 institution-based financial aid<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">\u00a0<\/span>offer\u00a0below their financial need,\u00a0except\u00a0as specified. The bill would make its provisions severable.<\/p>\n<p>Vote:\u00a0majority\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Appropriation:\u00a0no\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Fiscal Committee:\u00a0yes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Local Program:\u00a0no<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:<\/p>\n<h3>SECTION 1.<\/h3>\n<p>Article 24 (commencing with Section 70045) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:<\/p>\n<h5>Article \u00a024.\u00a0California Ban on Scholarship Displacement Act of 2021<\/h5>\n<h6>70045.<\/h6>\n<p>This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Ban on Scholarship Displacement Act of 2021.<\/p>\n<h6>70046.<\/h6>\n<p>The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:<\/p>\n<p>(a)\u00a0As 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 education reduce their gift aid, grants, scholarships, tuition waivers, and fellowship stipends which those students would otherwise be qualified to receive. The reduction of an institution\u2019s financial aid due to private scholarships is referred to as \u201cscholarship displacement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(b)\u00a0This act is intended to ensure that private scholarships supplement, and do not supplant, gift aid, grants, scholarships, tuition waivers, and fellowship stipends provided by institutions of higher education to California students who have financial need.<\/p>\n<h6>70047.<\/h6>\n<p>As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:<\/p>\n<p>(a)\u00a0An \u201cacademic year\u201d is July 1 to June 30, inclusive. The start date of a session shall determine the academic year in which it is included.<\/p>\n<p>(b)\u00a0\u201cCost of attendance\u201d means the student\u2019s tuition and fees, books and supplies, living expenses, transportation expenses, and any other student expenses used to calculate a student\u2019s financial need for purposes of student aid programs under Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.).<\/p>\n<p>(c)\u00a0\u201cExpected family contribution\u201d means a student\u2019s expected family contribution calculated according to the federal methodology pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 69506 as established by Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.).<\/p>\n<p>(d)\u00a0(1)\u00a0\u201cFinancial need\u201d means, as used in subdivision (a) of Section 70048, the cost of attendance minus the expected family contribution.<\/p>\n<p>(2)\u00a0\u201cFinancial need\u201d means, as used in subdivision (b) of Section 70048, the cost of attendance minus the student aid index.<\/p>\n<p>(e)\u00a0\u201cGift aid\u201d means all financial aid designated for the student\u2019s educational expenses, including a grant, scholarship, tuition waiver, fellowship stipend, or other third-party payment, that is not a loan or pursuant to a work-study program.<\/p>\n<p>(f)\u00a0\u201cInstitutional financial aid\u201d means financial aid that is paid for by the institution of higher education from its funds and the recipient of the aid is selected by the institution.<\/p>\n<p>(g)\u00a0\u201cInstitution of higher education\u201d or \u201cinstitution\u201d means any public or private postsecondary educational institution in the state that receives, or benefits from, state-funded financial assistance or enrolls students who receive state-funded student financial assistance.<\/p>\n<p>(h)\u00a0\u201cPrivate scholarship\u201d means financial assistance awarded to students based on one or more factors, including, but not limited to, academic merit, talent, or a particular area of study, by a private company, foundation, or nonprofit organization, or a public charity or service group.<\/p>\n<p>(i)\u00a0\u201cScholarship displacement\u201d means the reduction of institutional financial aid due to private scholarship awards.<\/p>\n<p>(j)\u00a0\u201cStudent\u201d means any California resident that enrolls in any institution of higher education to obtain an undergraduate degree.<\/p>\n<p>(k)\u00a0\u201cStudent Aid Index\u201d means, with respect to a student, an index that reflects an evaluation of a student\u2019s approximate financial resources to contribute toward the student\u2019s postsecondary education expenses for the academic year.<\/p>\n<h6>70048.<\/h6>\n<p>(a)\u00a0Commencing with the<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">\u00a0<\/span>2023\u201324\u00a0academic year, an institution of higher education shall not reduce<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">\u00a0<\/span>the institutional financial aid offer of a student who is eligible to receive a federal Pell Grant award or financial assistance under the California Dream Act\u00a0for an academic year as a result of private scholarship awards designated for the student unless the student\u2019s gift aid exceeds the student\u2019s annual cost of attendance.<\/p>\n<p>(b)\u00a0The institution may reduce the institutional financial aid offer of a student who is eligible to receive a federal Pell Grant award or financial assistance under the California Dream Act by no more than the amount of the student\u2019s gift aid that is in excess of the student\u2019s annual cost of attendance.<\/p>\n<p>(c)\u00a0The institution shall not consider receipt or anticipated receipt of private scholarships when considering a student who is eligible to receive a federal Pell Grant award or financial assistance under the California Dream Act for qualification for institutional financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>(d)\u00a0To ensure financial aid is maximized, an institution is encouraged to implement efforts to avoid scholarship displacement through consultation with scholarship providers and students to avoid situations where institutional financial aid and private scholarships can only be used for specific purposes.<\/p>\n<p>(e)\u00a0This article shall not be interpreted or implemented in a manner inconsistent with state or federal law. The provisions of this article are severable. If any provision of this article or its application is held invalid due to a conflict with federal requirements, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>AB 288<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1024","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AB 288 - California Statutes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/ab-288\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AB 288 - 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