Public postsecondary education: tuition and mandatory systemwide fees.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law authorizes these segments to charge students tuition and mandatory systemwide fees, among other charges, for attendance at these institutions. The existing Donahoe Higher Education Act specifies that none of its provisions applies to the University of California except to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make that provision applicable. This bill would add to the Donahoe Higher Education Act a provision requiring the trustees, and the regents if they act by appropriate resolution as referenced above, to determine the amounts of undergraduate tuition and mandatory systemwide fees for each incoming first-year class. The bill would prohibit the tuition and mandatory systemwide fees set for an incoming first-year class under the bill from being increased for that class, except as specified. The bill would provide that the exceptions do not apply to a student during the time the student is taking a leave of absence to serve in the military.