SB 346 Summary

• Establishes the Student Success and On-time Completion Fund to provide financial incentives for California State University students participating in the California Promise program, including summer term grants, on-track progress grants up to $2,000, and tuition freezes.

• Implements a tuition freeze for California Promise students, capping annual systemwide tuition at the rate charged during their first year of enrollment, with different rates applicable to community college transfer students based on their enrollment timeline.

• Requires CSU to waive systemwide tuition and fees for California Promise students who cannot complete their degree within the required timeframe (4 years for freshmen, 2 years for transfer students) due to unavailable or full required courses, once the course becomes available or through a substitute course.

• Mandates CSU trustees submit a report by July 1, 2021, detailing program participation numbers and graduation rates, disaggregated by student demographics including first-generation status, Pell Grant eligibility, and ethnicity.

• Makes the tuition waiver provision effective July 1, 2019, and requires eligible students to meet at least one criterion: low-income status, attendance at underrepresented schools, first-generation status, or transfer student status.