BILL NUMBER: SB 384	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2014
	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  
Scholarshare Investment 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  
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board  to
identify  ,   and confirm by documentation,  all
persons who are eligible for scholarships under the program by use of
various methods, including, among others, media outreach and
communication with the  Special Master of the  federal
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, and, after creating a new
list of eligible persons, to notify those persons of their
eligibility by no later than July 1, 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.  
Scholarshare Investment Board to service these scholarships only for
individuals determined to be eligible by the Victims Compensation and
Government Claims Board.  The bill would also require that
eligible persons who are to become participants in the program
execute participation agreements no later than July 1, 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  , and confirm by documentation,
 all persons who are eligible for scholarships under the
program. The California Victim Compensation and Government Claims
Board shall 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  Special Master of 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.
   (1) The notification shall be in 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) 
    (3)  The notification shall be received by all of the
appropriate persons no later than July 1, 2015. 
   (c) The Scholarshare Investment Board shall service scholarships
pursuant to this article only for individuals determined to be
eligible by the Victims Compensation and Government Claims Board.
 
   (c) 
    (d)  Eligible persons, or in the case of minors, the
parents or guardians of these persons, shall inform the 
board   Scholarshare Investment 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, 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.