BILL NUMBER: SB 62	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        DECEMBER 30, 2014

   An act to add and repeal Section 69615.9 of the Education Code,
relating to student financial aid.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 62, as introduced, Pavley. Student financial aid: Assumption
Program of Loans for Education.
   Existing law establishes the Assumption Program of Loans for
Education, administered by the Student Aid Commission, under which
any person enrolled in a participating institution of postsecondary
education, or any person who agrees to participate in a teacher
trainee or teacher internship program, is eligible to enter into an
agreement for loan assumption, to be redeemed pursuant to a
prescribed procedure upon becoming employed as a teacher if he or she
satisfies certain conditions.
   Existing law requires the Student Aid Commission to make an annual
report to the Legislature that includes specified information about
program participants.
   This bill would require the State Department of Education, in
conjunction with the Student Aid Commission, to report to the
Legislature on or before January 1, 2017, on the need for the
program, any modifications that may be needed to improve the program'
s effectiveness in increasing the supply of high-quality teachers for
high-needs and low-performing schools, and the need to establish new
recruitment and financial aid programs to accomplish that objective.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 69615.9 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   69615.9.  (a) The department shall, in conjunction with the
commission, report to the Legislature on the need for the program
established by this article, any modifications that may be needed to
improve the program's effectiveness in increasing the supply of
high-quality teachers for high-needs and low-performing schools, and
the need to establish new recruitment and financial aid programs to
accomplish that objective. This report shall be submitted to the
Legislature on or before January 1, 2017.
   (b) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

    (2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on January 1, 2020.