Section 68121 Of Article 10. Provisions Related To Particular Institutions From California Education Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 41. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 10.
68121
. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no mandatory
systemwide fees or tuition of any kind shall be required or
collected by the Regents of the University of California or the
Trustees of the California State University, from a student who is in
an undergraduate program and who is the surviving dependent of any
individual killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the
World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon building in
Washington, DC, or the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in
southwestern Pennsylvania, if he or she meets the financial need
requirements set forth in Section 69432.7 for the Cal Grant A Program
and either of the following apply:
(1) The surviving dependent was a resident of California on
September 11, 2001.
(2) The individual killed in the attacks was a resident of
California on September 11, 2001.
(b) (1) The California Victim Compensation and Government Claims
Board shall identify all persons who are eligible for tuition and fee
waivers pursuant to this section or subdivision (j) of Section
76300. That board shall notify these persons or, in the case of
minors, the parents or guardians of these persons, of their
eligibility for tuition and fee waivers under these provisions. This
notification shall be in writing, and shall be received by all of the
appropriate persons no later than July 1, 2003.
(2) The Trustees of the California State University, the Regents
of the University of California and the governing board of each
community college district in the state shall waive tuition and fees,
as specified in this section and in subdivision (j) of Section
76300, for any person who can demonstrate eligibility. If requested
by the California State University, the University of California,
Hastings College of the Law, or a California Community College, the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, on a
case-by-case basis, shall confirm the eligibility of persons
requesting the waiver of tuition and fees, as provided for in this
section.
(c) A determination of whether a person is a resident of
California on September 11, 2001, shall be based on the criteria set
forth in this chapter for determining nonresident and resident
tuition.
(d) (1) "Dependent," for purposes of this section, is a person
who, because of his or her relationship to an individual killed as a
result of injuries sustained during the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, qualifies for compensation under the federal
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (Title IV (commencing
with Section 401) of Public Law 107-42).
(2) A dependent who is the surviving spouse of an individual
killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is entitled to
the waivers provided in this section until January 1, 2013.
(3) A dependent who is the surviving child, natural or adopted, of
an individual killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,
is entitled to the waivers under this section until that person
obtains the age of 30 years.
(4) A dependent of an individual killed in the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001, who is determined to be eligible by the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, is also
entitled to the waivers provided in this section until January 1,
2013.