Student financial aid: California DREAM Work-Study Program.

Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission 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, commencing with the 2016–17 fiscal year, would establish the California DREAM Work-Study Program under the administration of the California State University and University of California to provide financial aid for students meeting its requirements. These requirements would include: enrollment, or acceptance for enrollment, at a campus of the California State University or the University of California; exemption from nonresident tuition pursuant to a specified provision of existing law or an equivalent provision adopted by the Regents of the University of California; making a timely application for financial aid using a designated application; qualification under applicable income and need standards applied to work-study programs at the institution at which the student is enrolled or accepted for enrollment; and meeting additional eligibility requirements as may be deemed appropriate by the institution at which the student is enrolled or accepted for enrollment. The bill would deem a student who participates in other work-study programs ineligible to receive financial aid under the California Dream Work-Study Program. To participate in the program, the bill would require, upon verification that a student is eligible for financial aid under this program, that the California State University and the University of California match 100% of the cost of the work-study grant of a student whose work under the program is accomplished on a campus of the respective university or at a campus or other facility of a school district or community college district, or 50% of the cost of the work-study grant of a student whose work under the program is accomplished at any other location.