Overview
UC, with the implementation of AB 205, is equalizing all UC benefits for domestic partners so that they have the same rights as married spouses. This includes changes to student financial aid. Students in California in registered domestic partnerships can be treated as independent from their parents for state-funded financial aid. Also, parents of dependent students who are in a domestic partnership may be treated like married parents for purposes of calculating an expected family contribution for state aid (this law does not change eligibility for federal aid). Students and parents who supply a copy of their domestic partnership certificate to the Financial Aid Office will be asked to provide additional information to the FAFSA. In turn, UC will calculate financial need equivalent to a married student/parent and provide funds accordingly.
Overview of Implications for Student Financial Aid (*pdf document)
Standing Order 110.2 (exemptions from nonresident tuition fees and/or mandatory systemwide fees that are extended to spouses) will be amended to extend equally to registered domestic partners.
Archive documents (*pdf format):