Section 69515.5 Of Article 2. The Student Aid Commission From California Education Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 42. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
69515.5
. (a) The commission may enter into an agreement with a
public agency of a state other than California, or a private entity
related to an agency of another state, to assist the other agency or
entity in implementing student financial aid programs, including
providing assistance with processing grants, fellowships, and loans
through the use of automated information systems. The commission may
receive payment, reimbursement, or other resources as consideration
for services provided pursuant to agreements entered into under this
section.
(b) The commission shall establish fees for services it provides
pursuant to this section in order to recover, at a minimum, the full
costs of providing those services, including all direct and indirect
costs.
(c) The Financial Aid Technical Assistance Fund is hereby created
in the State Treasury, and moneys in the fund shall be available,
upon appropriation by the Legislature to the commission, for the
direct and indirect costs of providing assistance to agencies and
entities of other states with implementation of Dream Act programs
and to improve financial aid services for California. The commission
shall deposit the proceeds of the fees established under this section
into the fund. Only the moneys received for purposes of this section
shall be deposited into the fund. The fund shall be credited with
all of the investment income earned by the moneys deposited in the
fund. Moneys in the fund are not part of the General Fund as defined
in Section 16300 of the Government Code.
(d) The commission shall use moneys deposited in the fund for all
costs associated with providing technical assistance to agencies of
states other than California, and related private entities, pursuant
to this section, and moneys remaining in the fund after those costs
are retired shall be used to improve student financial aid services
for California. Prior to the expenditure of these residual funds, the
commission shall submit a detailed expenditure plan for approval by
the Department of Finance as part of the annual budget process.
(e) Beginning October 1, 2014, the commission shall submit an
annual report to the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative
Budget Committee detailing the total revenues collected in the fund,
by service provided and applicable fee collected, and the use of the
moneys in the fund.