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TITLE 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION 66000-101060›DIVISION 8. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 89000-90520›PART 55. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 89000-90520›CHAPTER 3. Students 89300-89347›ARTICLE 5. Higher Education Outreach and Assistance Act for Foster Youth 89340-89347

§ 89342

California Education Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The Trustees of the California State University and Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall perform the following services to assist foster youth:

(a) Review housing issues for those foster youth living in college dormitories to ensure basic housing during the regular academic school year, including vacations and holidays other than summer break.

(b) Provide technical assistance and advice to campuses on ways in which to improve the delivery of services to foster youth.

(c) Commencing in the 1998–99 academic year, track the retention rates of students who voluntarily disclose to the university or community college their status as foster youth.

(d) For purposes of this article, “foster youth” includes former foster youth, and means a person in California whose dependency was established or continued by the court on or after the youth’s 16th birthday and who is no older than 25 years of age at the commencement of the academic year.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 763, Sec. 4. (AB 1567) Effective January 1, 2018.)

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