Postsecondary education: Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment 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. Existing law establishes the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program, under the administration of the commission, as a student loan repayment program for licensed attorneys who practice or agree to practice in public interest areas of the law, as defined and who meet other designated criteria. Under the program, participants are eligible for a maximum of $11,000 in loan assistance for 4 years, as specified. An applicant for the program is required to apply for student loan repayment assistance from the applicant's educational institution, and only if the applicant receives no loan payment assistance or only partial assistance from other available sources, may the applicant apply to the program. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provisions relating to student loan assistance from other sources.