Section 99100.

99100. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Every Kid Counts (EKC) Act. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 23, Sec. 23. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 2017.)

Section 99101.

99101. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Children who have even small savings accounts for college are three times more likely to attend, and four times more likely to graduate from, college. (b) College enrollment among low-income students has risen but significantly lags behind the enrollment of middle- and high-income students. In 2012, […]

Section 99102.

99102. (a) There is hereby established the Every Kid Counts (EKC) College Savings Program. (b) The Student Aid Commission shall implement and administer a grant program that supports local governments and other entities that sponsor one or more comprehensive citywide or regional children’s savings account programs to help families, especially low-income families with young children, establish and […]

Section 99106.

99106. (a) The commission shall adopt regulations as it deems necessary to implement and administer this title. (b) The commission may adopt regulations to implement and administer this title as emergency regulations in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title […]

Section 99108.

99108. The commission may use up to 3 percent of any legislative appropriation for this part for administration of the program. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 7, Sec. 30. (AB 108) Effective March 13, 2018.)

Section 99109.

99109. (a) The commission may, in implementing and administering this title, consider whether and how proposed actions allow for rigorous evaluation, such as through experimental or quasi-experimental methods, of the effects of a program established pursuant to this title, including whether the program causes each of the following: (1) Families to open a college savings account. (2) Families […]