20250AB__058794CHP INTRODUCED 2025-02-12 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-02-27 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-05-07 AMENDED_SENATE 2025-09-03 PASSED_ASSEMBLY 2025-09-12 PASSED_SENATE 2025-09-10 ENROLLED 2025-09-16 CHAPTERED 2025-10-10 APPROVED 2025-10-10 FILED 2025-10-10 AB CHP CHP Introduced by Assembly Member Davies LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Davies

An act to amend

Section of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid. student financial aid Student Aid Commission: membership. Existing law establishes the 15-member Student Aid Commission, with prescribed membership, including public members, as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education.

This bill would, on the date that a public member’s term expires, replace one of the public members with a member who has knowledge, expertise, or experience in accessing the educational benefits available to veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section of the Education Code is amended to read: 69510. The Student Aid Commission shall be composed of the following members: (

a) One representative from public, proprietary, or nonprofit postsecondary schools located in California. (

b) One representative from a California independent college or university. (

c) One representative each from the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges. (

d) Two members each of whom shall be a student enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution at the time of appointment, and shall be enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution for the duration of the term. A student member who graduates from an institution with no more than six months of the student member’s term remaining shall be permitted to serve for the remainder of the term. (e)

(1) Three public members. This paragraph shall become inoperative on the date that a public member’s term expires.

(2) Two public members and one member who has knowledge, expertise, or experience in accessing the educational benefits available to veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States. This paragraph shall become operative on the date that a public member’s term expires. (

f) One representative from a California secondary school. (

g) Two representatives appointed by the Senate Rules Committee. (

h) Two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.