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Panel advances bill to waive campus-level fees for eligible veterans' dependents; fiscal impact questioned

2930543 · April 8, 2025
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Assemblymember Patterson's bill to waive campus-level mandatory fees for certain veterans' dependents was advanced and re-referred to Appropriations after testimony highlighting need and concerns about CSU fiscal impacts.

Assemblymember Patterson presented a proposal to ensure that the existing California tuition-and-fee waiver for dependents of veterans includes campus-level mandatory fees that some campuses have excluded. The author said the intent is to "fulfill the promise" to dependents of disabled veterans and those killed in the line of duty by waiving fees that can amount to "several thousands of dollars" on some campuses. "When our oldest son Eddie was accepted into San Diego State back in 2023 we were…

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