BILL NUMBER: SB 384	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 12, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 7, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Gaines and DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to amend Section 70010.5 of the Education Code, relating to
scholarships, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 384, as amended, Gaines. California Memorial Scholarship
Program.
   Existing law establishes the California Memorial Scholarship
Program, administered by the Scholarshare Investment Board and funded
by the California Memorial Scholarship Fund. Existing law states
that the purpose of the program is to provide scholarships for
surviving dependents of California residents killed as a result of
injuries sustained during the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001. Existing law further provides that these scholarships shall be
used to defray the costs incurred by participants in the program at
institutions of higher education.
   Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to identify all persons who are eligible for
scholarships under the program and to notify them of their
eligibility no later than July 1, 2003. Existing law requires
eligible persons to inform the board in a timely manner of their
decision on whether to participate in the program and requires
eligible persons who are to become participants in the program to
execute agreements no later than July 1, 2005.
   This bill would instead require the board to identify all persons
who are eligible for scholarships under the program  by use of
various methods, including, among others, media outreach and
communication with the federal September 11th Victim Compensation
Fund,  and  , after creating a new list of eligible persons,
 to notify  them   those persons  of
their eligibility  by  no later than July 1,  2014.
  2015. The bill would require the person to provide
written documentation, confirmed by the board, verifying his or her
eligibility for the program if the person wishes to apply for a
scholarship under the program.  The bill would also require that
eligible persons who are to become participants in the program
execute participation agreements no later than July 1,  2015.
  2016. 
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 70010.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   70010.5.  (a) The California Victim Compensation and Government
Claims Board shall identify all persons who are eligible for
scholarships under the program. The California Victim Compensation
and Government Claims Board shall  notify   use
various methods to identify those persons, including, but not limited
to, all of the following:  
   (1) Media outreach, including, but not limited to, social media,
that explains the details of the program, who is eligible for
scholarships under the program, how to apply for scholarships under
the program, and how to sign up for further notifications regarding
the program.  
   (2) Written notification to persons, or in the case of minors,
their parents or guardians, who have already been identified as
eligible for scholarships under the program, and their known family
members. The notification shall explain that the program has been
reopened, and that the California Victim Compensation and Government
Claims Board is seeking information regarding other persons who may
be eligible for the program, and shall provide instructions on how to
sign up for further notifications regarding the program.  
   (3) Communication with the federal September 11th Victim
Compensation Fund to determine if additional victims who were
California residents have been identified. 
    (b)     After creating a new list of
eligible persons for the program, the California Victim Compensation
and Government Claims Board shall notify  these persons or, in
the case of minors, the parents or guardians of these persons, of
their eligibility for scholarships under the program.  This

      (1)     The  notification
shall be in  writing and   writing.  
   (2) The notification shall provide details on the program and how
to apply for scholarships under the program.  
   (3) The notification shall require the person to provide written
documentation, confirmed by the victim's compensation and Government
Claims Board, verifying his or her eligibility for the program if the
person wishes to apply for a scholarship under the program pursuant
to subdivision (c). 
    (4)     The notification  shall be
received by all of the appropriate persons no later than July 1,
 2014.   2015.  
   (b) 
    (c)  Eligible persons, or in the case of minors, the
parents or guardians of these persons, shall inform the board of
their decision on whether to participate in the program in a timely
manner. Eligible persons, or in the case of minors, the parents or
guardians of these persons, who are to become participants in the
program shall execute agreements pursuant to Section 70011 no later
than July 1,  2015.   2016. 
  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 Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   Because many eligible persons are not currently receiving
scholarships under the program, and because of the higher education
expenses, prospective or ongoing, of the dependents of California
residents who were killed as a result of injuries sustained during
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, it is necessary that
this act take effect immediately.