CA AB243

Requires financial aid administrators at California public universities and community colleges to accept sworn statements signed under penalty of perjury from local educational agencies, county child welfare departments, or probation departments as sufficient documentation for dependency status adjustments for students who cannot safely contact their parents

Authorizes county child welfare, probation, and local educational agency personnel to share limited information with colleges and universities to help current or former foster youth and juvenile court dependents/wards with enrollment and financial aid applications, upon the student's request

Mandates that information shared with institutions of higher education remain confidential, be used only for enrollment and financial aid purposes, and be destroyed three years after the student's last enrollment term

Makes intentional violation of the confidentiality provisions a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500

Requests (but does not require) the University of California Board of Regents to adopt a policy implementing these provisions