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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the University of California, the California State University, or the California Community Colleges, as applicable, shall provide a tuition and fee waiver to any qualified member to meet the full cost, as authorized by this section, of any mandatory systemwide tuition or fees, including enrollment fees, registration fees, differential fees, or incidental fees, charged to any qualified member.(b) A qualified member shall receive up to 60 units of tuition and fee waivers for every three years that he or she has committed to serve in the California National Guard.
(c) The total amount of tuition and fee waivers authorized by this section shall not exceed 120 units per qualified member.
(d) The tuition and fee waivers authorized by this section shall only be available to a qualified member for a period of seven years following the date that the qualified member fulfills the service commitments necessary to receive the tuition and fee waivers.
(e) The tuition and fee waivers authorized by this section shall not be provided for any mandatory systemwide tuition and fees, including enrollment fees, registration fees, differential fees, or incidental fees, that are covered by a Cal Grant that has been awarded to the qualified member, or by a Board of Governors Enrollment Fee Waiver for which the qualified member is otherwise eligible to receive.
(f) A tuition and fee waiver, as authorized by this section, shall be provided only to a qualified member who made a timely application for all Cal Grant assistance for which the member may qualify for the academic year in which a tuition and fee waiver is under consideration.
(g) For purposes of the section, “qualified member” means a person who:
(1) Has served or is currently serving in the California National Guard, and has maintained satisfactory service throughout the period that qualifies him or her for educational assistance under this section.
(2) Has committed to at least three years of service in the California National Guard.
(3) Is accepted for enrollment at any campus of the University of California, the California State University, or the California Community Colleges.
(h) Any person who joined the California National Guard prior to January 1, 2009, shall be required to recommit to the California National Guard for at least three additional years, in order to receive the educational assistance under this section.
(i) Any qualified member who is dismissed from any campus of the University of California, the California State University, or the California Community Colleges due to poor academic performance shall not be eligible to receive the educational assistance under this section in the future.
(j) Any qualified member who receives educational assistance under this section and fails to fulfill his or her commitment to the California National Guard shall pay to the postsecondary institution an amount equal to the value of the tuition and fee waiver received under this section.
(k) The Military Department shall determine whether an individual meets the requirements of “qualified member” as set forth in subdivision (g).
(l) No provision of this section shall apply to the University of California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make that provision applicable.