Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children.

(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the 3 public segments of postsecondary education in the state. The missions and functions of these segments are set forth in the Donahoe Higher Education Act. This bill would require the California State University and each community college district, and request the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority in that system for registration for enrollment to a student parent, as defined, by no later than July 1, 2023. By imposing additional duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law requires each campus of the California Community Colleges to establish a Basic Needs Center, defined as a central location on campus where basic needs services, resources, and staff are made available to students, by no later than July 1, 2022. Existing law requires each Basic Needs Center to help ensure that students have the information they need to enroll in CalFresh and other relevant government benefits programs. This bill would specifically require each Basic Needs Center to also ensure that students have the information they need to enroll in the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) , the Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC) , and the California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) . To the extent the bill imposes additional duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law requires the Trustees of the California State University and each campus of the California Community Colleges, and requests the Regents of the University of California, as a part of campus orientation for all campuses of their respective segments, to provide educational information about CalFresh and the student eligibility requirements for CalFresh to all incoming students. This bill would add educational information and eligibility requirements for the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) , the Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC) , and the California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to that requirement and request. By imposing additional duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (4) Existing law requires each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges, and requests each campus of the University of California, to include on the internet website-based student account associated with a student's attendance at the institution notice of the specified public services and programs, including CalFresh. This bill would specifically add the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) , the Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC) , and the California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to that list of public services and programs. The bill would also require each campus of the California State University and of the California Community Colleges, and request each campus of the University of California, by no later than February 1, 2023, to host on its internet website, as provided, a student parent internet web page that includes information on all on- and off-campus student parent services and resources, as specified. By imposing additional duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include legislative findings and declarations, and state legislative intent, relating to these provisions. (5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.