Spring 2012
Committee:
Governmental Relations Committee, Relations with Local Senates
Whereas, Students who wish to lift their AB 540 status in order to forward their education goals and receive educational benefits equal to other resident students must prove they have resided in California for a year;
Whereas, The methods allowed to prove completion of the one-year requirement include holding a driver‟s license or California identification card for a year of proof of employment for a year, but doesn‟t include methods such as providing a California high school diploma, GED or official transcripts (which is a requirement for AB 540 status); and
Whereas, The inability to achieve residency may drastically impede on the academic success of AB 540 and other non-resident students;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate that alternative methods to prove the one-year requirement (such as presentation of a high school diploma from a California school) be implemented for students seeking to lift their AB 540 status;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate for a simple pathway to lift an AB 540 status; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges, per Resolution F10 6.01 (“Counseling AB 540 Students”) urge campuses that current information on lifting their AB 540 status be provided in their student handbook.
Whereas, The methods allowed to prove completion of the one-year requirement include holding a driver‟s license or California identification card for a year of proof of employment for a year, but doesn‟t include methods such as providing a California high school diploma, GED or official transcripts (which is a requirement for AB 540 status); and
Whereas, The inability to achieve residency may drastically impede on the academic success of AB 540 and other non-resident students;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate that alternative methods to prove the one-year requirement (such as presentation of a high school diploma from a California school) be implemented for students seeking to lift their AB 540 status;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate for a simple pathway to lift an AB 540 status; and
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges, per Resolution F10 6.01 (“Counseling AB 540 Students”) urge campuses that current information on lifting their AB 540 status be provided in their student handbook.