California Pay Our Interns 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 postsecondary educational institutions in the state. This bill would establish the California Pay Our Interns Program under the administration of the commission to provide grants to eligible recipients, as defined, for internships at offices of the Legislature, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or any state agency or department. The bill would establish the California Pay Our Interns Fund as the initial depository of all moneys appropriated, donated, or otherwise received for the program, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the commission to distribute moneys in the fund to eligible recipients, as provided.