Section 70022 Of Article 22. Middle Class Scholarship Program From California Education Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 42. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 22.
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. (a) (1) Subject to an available and sufficient
appropriation, commencing with the 2014-15 academic year, an
undergraduate student enrolled in the California State University or
the University of California who meets the requirements of paragraph
(2) is eligible for a scholarship award as described in that
paragraph.
(2) Each academic year, except as provided in paragraphs (3) and
(4), an eligible student shall receive a scholarship award in an
amount that, combined with other federal, state, or institutionally
administered student grants or fee waivers received by an eligible
student, is up to 40 percent of the amount charged to that student in
that academic year for mandatory systemwide tuition and fees, if all
of the following requirements are met, to the satisfaction of the
commission, each academic year:
(A) The student's annual household income does not exceed one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). For awards distributed for
the 2016-17 academic year and subsequent academic years, the
commission shall annually adjust the maximum income level set under
this subparagraph in accordance with the percentage changes in the
cost of living within the meaning of paragraph (1) of subdivision (e)
of Section 8 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution. For
purposes of this article, annual household income shall be calculated
in a manner that is consistent with the requirements applicable to
the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program (Chapter
1.7 (commencing with Section 69430)) and Section 69506.
(B) Beginning with awards distributed in the 2015-16 academic
year, the student's household asset level shall not exceed one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). For awards distributed in
the 2016-17 academic year and subsequent academic years, the
commission shall annually adjust the maximum household asset level
set under this subparagraph in accordance with the percentage changes
in the cost of living within the meaning of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (e) of Section 8 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution. For purposes of this article, student's household asset
level shall be calculated in a manner that is consistent with the
requirements applicable to the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos
Cal Grant Program (Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430)) and
Section 69506.
(C) The student satisfies the eligibility requirements for a Cal
Grant award pursuant to Section 69433.9, except that a student who is
exempt from nonresident tuition under Section 68130.5 shall not be
required to satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section
69433.9.
(D) The student is exempt from paying nonresident tuition.
(E) The student completes and submits a Free Application for
Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application. The FAFSA must be submitted
or postmarked by no later than March 2. If the student is not able to
complete a FAFSA application, the student may satisfy this
subparagraph by submitting an application determined by the
commission to be equivalent to the FAFSA application for purposes of
this article by March 2.
(F) The student makes a timely application or applications for all
other federal, state, or institutionally administered grants or fee
waivers for which the student is eligible.
(G) The student maintains satisfactory academic progress in a
manner that is consistent with the requirements applicable to the
Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program pursuant to
subdivision (m) of Section 69432.7.
(H) The student is pursuing his or her first undergraduate
baccalaureate degree or has completed a baccalaureate degree and has
been admitted to, and is enrolled in, a program of professional
teacher preparation at an institution approved by the California
Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
(I) The student is enrolled at least part time.
(3) (A) The percentage specified in paragraph (2) shall be reduced
by 0.6-percent increments per one thousand dollars ($1,000) of
annual household income in excess of one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000), to a minimum 10 percent of mandatory systemwide tuition
and fees for an academic year, provided that no scholarship award
shall be provided to a student with an annual household income
exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). Beginning
with award calculations for the 2016-17 academic year, and for
subsequent academic years, the commission shall annually adjust the
income levels specified in this subparagraph by the percentage change
in the cost of living within the meaning of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (e) of Section 8 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution and shall adjust the incremental reduction accordingly
to ensure that a minimum of 10 percent of mandatory systemwide
tuition and fees for an academic year are awarded. This reduction
shall be in addition to any reduction required by Section 70023.
(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), for any student who
qualifies for a scholarship award of at least one dollar ($1), the
minimum annual scholarship amount for full-time enrollment is ninety
dollars ($90).
(4) For the 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17 academic years, the
maximum amount of a student's scholarship award shall be 35 percent,
50 percent, and 75 percent, respectively, of the total scholarship
award amount that the student would otherwise be eligible to receive.
(b) In order for students enrolled in their respective segments to
remain eligible to receive a scholarship award under this article,
the University of California and the California State University
shall not supplant their respective institutional need-based grants
with the funds provided for scholarships under this article, and
shall maintain their funding amounts at a level that, at a minimum,
is equal to the level maintained for undergraduate students during
the 2013-14 academic year.
(c) The University of California and the California State
University shall report on the implementation of this article as part
of the report made pursuant to Section 66021.1.
(d) A Middle Class Scholarship Program award authorized pursuant
to this article shall be defined as a full-time equivalent grant. An
award to a part-time student shall be a fraction of a full-time
grant, as determined by the proportionate amount charged for
systemwide tuition and fees. A part-time student shall not be
discriminated against in the selection of Middle Class Scholarship
Program awards. For purposes of this section, "full-time student" and
"part-time student" have the same meaning as specified in
subdivision (f) of Section 69432.7.