Section 69984 Of Article 19. Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act From California Education Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 42. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 19.
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. (a) (1) The board shall segregate moneys received by the
Scholarshare trust into two funds, which shall be identified as the
program fund and the administrative fund. Notwithstanding Section
13340 of the Government Code, the program fund is hereby continuously
appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the board for the
purposes of this article. Funds in the administrative fund shall be
available for expenditure, upon appropriation, for the purposes
specified in this article.
(2) (A) The board shall separately account for any moneys received
by an entity exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code or a state or local government agency,
depositing the money for the benefit of a beneficiary to be named
later pursuant to the operation of a bona fide scholarship program.
(B) There is hereby created the Scholarshare Investment Board,
that consists of the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, the
executive director of the State Board of Education, a member of the
Student Aid Commission appointed by the Governor, a member of the
public appointed by the Governor, a representative from a California
public institution of higher education appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules, and a representative from a California
independent college or university or a state-approved college,
university, or vocational/technical school appointed by the Speaker
of the Assembly. The Treasurer shall serve as chair of the board. The
board shall annually prepare and adopt a written statement of
investment policy. The board shall consider the statement of
investment policy and any changes in the investment policy at a
public hearing. The board shall approve the investment management
entity or entities consistent with subparagraph (D).
(C) Not later than 30 days after the close of each month, the
investment manager shall place on file for public inspection during
business hours a report with respect to investment performance. The
investment manager shall report the following information, to the
extent applicable, to the board within 30 days following the end of
each month:
(i) The type of investment, name of the issuer, date of maturity,
par and dollar amount invested in each security, investment, and
money within the program fund.
(ii) The weighted average maturity of the investments within the
program fund.
(iii) Any amounts in the program fund that are under the
management of an investment manager.
(iv) The market value as of the date of the report and the source
of this valuation for any security within the program fund.
(v) A description of the compliance with the statement of
investment policy.
(D) Moneys in the program fund may be invested or reinvested by
the Treasurer or may be invested in whole or in part under contract
with an investment manager, as determined by the board.
(b) Transfers may be made from the program fund to the
administrative fund for the purpose of paying operating costs
associated with administering the Scholarshare trust and as required
by this article. On an annual basis, expenditures from the
administrative fund shall not exceed more than 1 percent of the total
program fund. All costs of administration of the Scholarshare trust
shall be paid out of the administrative fund.
(c) All moneys paid by participants in connection with
participation agreements shall be deposited as received into the
program fund, and shall be promptly invested and accounted for
separately. Deposits and interest thereon accumulated on behalf of
participants in the program fund of the Scholarshare trust may be
used for payments to any institution of higher education.