Postsecondary education: task force: study of student housing insecurity and homelessness.

Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in this state. This bill would request the University of California to convene a task force, consisting of 3 representatives of the University of California selected by the University of California, 3 representatives of the California State University selected by the California State University, and 3 representatives of the California Community Colleges selected by the California Community Colleges. The bill would require one of the representatives selected by each segment to be a student who is currently enrolled at a campus of that segment. The bill would require the members of the task force to be selected, and the task force to have its first meeting, no later than April 1, 2018. The bill would provide for the task force to be convened by the trustees if the regents decline to participate in the task force. The bill would require the task force to conduct a study to determine the extent, causes, and effects of housing insecurity and homelessness of current postsecondary students in this state and prospective applicants to postsecondary educational institutions in this state. The bill would require the study to be submitted to the Legislature on or before December 31, 2018.