SB 1460: California Dream Act of 2010

• Exempts students who attended California secondary school for 3+ years (including at least one year at high school), graduated from a California secondary school, and are enrolled at a California higher education institution from paying nonresident tuition at California State University and California Community Colleges, effective July 1, 2011.

• Requires California State University and California Community Colleges, and requests the University of California Regents, to establish procedures enabling nonresident tuition-exempt students to apply for and participate in all student aid programs to the full extent permitted by federal law, effective July 1, 2011.

• Makes students exempt from nonresident tuition eligible to receive scholarships derived from nonstate funds at their respective higher education segments, effective January 1, 2011.

• Requires community college districts to waive fees for students exempt from nonresident tuition under the bill who otherwise qualify for fee waivers, effective July 1, 2011.

• Provides that institutions are immune from money damages, tuition refunds, or other retroactive relief if a court finds the nonresident tuition exemption provisions unlawful.