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AB-139 Student financial aid: application deadlines: extension.(2023-2024)

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Date Published: 03/15/2024 06:38 PM
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Amended  IN  Senate  March 15, 2024
Amended  IN  Assembly  February 01, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 139

Introduced by Committee on Budget (Assembly Members Ting Gabriel (Chair), Alvarez, Arambula, Bennett, Bonta, Wendy Carrillo, Cervantes, Connolly, Mike Fong, Friedman, Garcia, Hart, Jackson, Jones-Sawyer, Lee, McCarty, Muratsuchi, Ortega, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Wicks, and Wood) Valencia, Ward, Weber, Wilson, and Zbur)

January 09, 2023

An act relating to the Budget Act of 2023. to amend Section 22 of Chapter 50 of the Statutes of 2023, relating to student financial aid, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 139, as amended, Committee on Budget. Budget Act of 2023. Student financial aid: application deadlines: extension.
Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. If the federal Free Application for Federal Student Aid is not available on or before October 1, 2023, existing law extends the application deadline for financial aid programs administered by the commission to April 2, 2024, for the 2024–25 award year only.
This bill would extend the April 2, 2024, application deadline for financial aid programs administered by the commission by one month.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes, relating to the Budget Act of 2023.

Vote: MAJORITY2/3   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 22 of Chapter 50 of the Statutes of 2023 is amended to read:

Sec. 22.

 For the 2024–25 award year only, if the federal Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is not available on or before October 1, 2023, every financial aid program administered by the Student Aid Commission with an application deadline of March April 2, 2024, shall have the application deadline extended to April May 2, 2024. This extension applies, but is not limited, to all of the following financial aid programs:
(a) The Competitive Cal Grant A and B award program established pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 69437) of Chapter 1.7 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
(b) The Cal Grant B Entitlement Program established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 69435) of Chapter 1.7 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
(c) The Cal Grant A Entitlement Program established pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 69434) of Chapter 1.7 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
(d) The Cal Grant 4 Program established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 69425) of Chapter 1.5 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
(e) The Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Program established pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 69436) of Chapter 1.7 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
(f) The Middle Class Scholarship Program established pursuant to Article 22 (commencing with Section 70020) of Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code.

SEC. 2.

 This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order for California students to have sufficient time to complete the federal Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which provides access to federal Pell Grant awards, Cal Grant awards, Middle Class Scholarship Program awards, and institutional aid programs at institutions of higher education, and which has been delayed this year, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.
SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes, relating to the Budget Act of 2023.