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Creating Equitable Pathways for AB 540 Students
Improving Dreams, Equity, Access and Success
+ Immigrant Students &
California Assembly Bill 540
What is AB 540?
Who is eligible for AB 540?
Why is AB 540 important?
Where is AB 540 being implemented?
+ What is AB 540?
Assembly Bill 540 is a California law that allows undocumented students who meet specified requirements to pay in-state fees (tuition) for California’s public colleges and universities.
These include:
California Community College
University of California
California State University
+ AB 540 Requirements
The student must attend high school in California for three or more years.
The student must graduate from a California high school with a diploma or GED equivalent.
The student must file an affidavit with the college or university stating the he or she will file an application to obtain legal permanent residency as soon as he or she is eligible.
+ Affidavit
+ Why is AB 540 important?
Before this law, undocumented students in California paid out-of-state fees (tuition).
This law gives California’s undocumented students affordable access to public systems of higher education, allowing them to instate California tuition and fees.
Example: San Francisco State University:
For 12 units+ CA Residents undergraduate tuition & fees = $ 2,034
Out of state residents pay $339/unit on top of resident fees
$2034 + 12x $339= $6,102
+ Important information to
Know about AB-540 The law requires state colleges and universities to
keep students’ information confidential. Students’ immigration status will not be reported to anyone.
Federal and State Financial Aid is NOT available for undocumented students.
This law does NOT establish state residency.
+ Dream Act
Has been introduced various times to the US Senate and the US House of Representatives, March 26, 2009 being the last one.
It would give undocumented students the right to pay for tuition-fees as if they were residents, as well as being able to apply for FAFSA and Cal Grants.
It would give undocumented students the opportunity to acquire a social security number as a way for them to be able to work after they graduate from college.
+ CA Dream Network
It is a statewide network of existing and emerging college campus organizations who actively address undocumented student issues and who work to create broader social change around immigration reform and access to higher education.
Created to share ideas with other groups at college campus that have focused their work in supporting AB540 students and the DREAM Act.
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Scholarships!!!
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Steps to Successfully Enroll as an AB540 Students
at SF State
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Student Voices
+ Retention and Resources
at SF State
Project Connect Scholarships Book Loan Program Internships
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Getting Students Connected at SF State
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Promoting Collaboration at SF State
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Email: [email protected]
Website: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ideas
Facebook: I.D.E.A.S.@sfsu
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