The Trustees of the California State University and Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall perform the following services to assist foster youth: (a) Review housing issues for those foster youth living in college dormitories to ensure basic housing during the regular academic school year, including vacations and holidays other than summer break. (b) Provide technical assistance and advice to campuses on ways in which to improve the delivery of services to foster youth. (c) Commencing in the 1998â99 academic year, track the retention rates of students who voluntarily disclose to the university or community college their status as foster youth. (d) For purposes of this article, âfoster youthâ includes former foster youth, and means a person in California whose dependency was established or continued by the court on or after the youthâs 16th birthday and who is no older than 25 years of age at the commencement of the academic year.
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