Postsecondary education: student financial aid dependency status: juveniles.
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Overview
This bill amends California law to allow financial aid administrators at colleges and universities to accept sworn statements from local agencies, child welfare departments, and probation departments as sufficient documentation for unusual circumstances affecting a student’s financial aid eligibility. Specifically, it supports students who were previously adjudicated as dependents, placed in foster care, or on probation. The bill also creates a new misdemeanor for intentionally violating the confidentiality of information shared with institutions of higher education regarding these students.
Key provisions
- Allows financial aid administrators to accept sworn statements from local agencies, child welfare departments, and probation departments as documentation for unusual circumstances.
- Supports students who were previously adjudicated as dependents, placed in foster care, or on probation in accessing higher education.
- Creates a new misdemeanor for intentionally violating the confidentiality of information shared with institutions of higher education regarding these students.
- Defines key terms related to the bill, including ‘Adjustment for unusual circumstances’ and ‘Sworn attestation’.
- Requests the University of California to adopt a policy to implement the bill’s provisions.
- Specifies the types of information that can be provided to institutions of higher education regarding students who were previously in the juvenile justice system.
- Establishes a three-year retention period for confidential information received by institutions of higher education.
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