Section 70035 Of Article 23. California Dream Loan Program From California Education Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 42. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 23.
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. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, each fiscal
year, funds shall be appropriated in the annual Budget Act to
participating institutions for purposes of the DREAM Program.
(b) The annual Budget Act shall allocate funding to participating
institutions based on the number of eligible students attending the
institution who applied for student financial aid pursuant to Section
69508.5 the prior academic year.
(c) (1) Each participating institution shall deposit funds
appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) in a DREAM revolving fund
established by each institution, subject to subdivision (e). DREAM
loans shall be awarded from, and DREAM loan repayments shall be
deposited into, these revolving funds.
(2) In accordance with subdivision (d), participating institutions
shall make DREAM loan repayment revenue available to offset state
and institutional contributions to the DREAM loan program so that, as
much as practicable, the respective annual costs to the state and to
participating institutions shall be reduced equally.
(d) At the start of each academic year, before DREAM loans for
that academic year are awarded, each participating institution shall
contribute discretionary funds into its DREAM revolving fund so that
the sum of the institution's contribution of funds and the
institution's share of DREAM loan repayments equals or exceeds 50
percent of all funds in the institution's DREAM revolving fund for
each year of an institution's participation.
(e) A participating institution shall not receive any additional
state funds if the receipt of these funds would reduce the percentage
of the DREAM revolving fund derived from the sum of the institution'
s contribution of funds and DREAM loan repayments to less than the
specified percentage of all funds in the institution's DREAM
revolving fund as described in subdivision (d).
(f) (1) In the event that an institution terminates its
participation in the DREAM Program, the institution shall continue to
service DREAM loans, collect DREAM loan repayments, and perform all
due diligence required by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15
U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.) until the last students at that institution
issued loans under the DREAM Program prior to the institution
terminating its participation have repaid their loans.
(2) An institution described in paragraph (1) that terminates its
participation in the DREAM Program shall annually repay all funds
provided by the state as the institution collects DREAM loan
repayments.
(g) (1) The California State University and the University of
California shall annually report to the Legislature as part of their
respective annual financial aid reports the dollar amount of each
DREAM loan awarded and number of students for whom a DREAM loan was
awarded that academic year.
(2) Each institution, including an institution described in
subdivision (f), shall annually report all of the following:
(A) The total amount of funding in the institution's DREAM
revolving fund.
(B) The annual amount contributed by the state to the institution'
s DREAM revolving fund.
(C) The annual amount contributed by the institution to the
institution's DREAM revolving fund.
(D) The annual administrative costs of the DREAM Program at the
institution.