Tim Grayson
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 15
Author
Existing law makes legislative findings and declarations that set forth the principles for public postsecondary institutions and budgetary control agencies to observe in providing postsecondary programs and services for students with disabilities, including the principle that state-funded activity is directly related to the functional limitations of the verifiable disabilities of the students to be served. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that, as appropriate for each postsecondary segment, funds for disabled student programs and services be based on 3 categories of costs, including a continuing variable costs category for services that vary in frequency depending on the needs of students, such as, among other services, diagnostic assessment, including both individual and group assessment not otherwise provided by the institution to determine functional, educational, or employment levels or to certify specific disabilities. Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to adopt rules and regulations for the administration and funding of educational programs and support services to be provided to disabled students by community college districts. Existing law requires those regulations to provide for the apportionment of funds to each community college district to offset the direct excess cost of providing specialized support services or instruction, or both, to disabled students enrolled in state-supported disabled student services programs or courses. Existing law describes those direct excess costs as those actual fixed, variable, and one-time costs, including those described above, that exceed the combined total of specified costs, revenues, and funds. Existing law establishes the Department of General Services in the Government Operations Agency for purposes of providing centralized services of state government, as provided. This bill would revise the intent of the Legislature relating to diagnostic assessments by including costs for continuing assessments, required documentation, and individual and group assessments provided by the institution or by an outside entity, as provided. The bill would also expand the purpose of the assessments to include defining specific disabilities of the student and as proof for academic or institutional accommodations. The bill, commencing July 1, 2025, would require the Trustees of the California State University, and would request the Regents of the University of California, to cover the costs of diagnostic assessments for learning disabilities as proof for academic accommodations for any student who receives student financial aid or who is eligible for financial assistance from the institution's health or disability center, as provided. The bill would require state funds to be provided annually for the cost of these services on an actual-cost basis and would require each institution to be responsible for documenting its costs to the Department of General Services. The bill would require the Department of General Services to oversee reimbursements to institutions for their documented costs. The bill would require each educational institution to post on its internet website that the educational institution will cover the costs of the diagnostic assessments for such students.
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Vetoed by Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3566.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2765.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1).
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1908.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18).
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB624 | HTML |
| 02/09/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/13/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/12/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/18/23 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/20/23- Assembly Higher Education | |
| 04/18/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/24/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/19/23- Senate Education | |
| 06/30/23- Senate Human Services | |
| 08/11/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 09/01/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 09/05/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/13/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 10/20/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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