CaliforniaStudent financial aid: Cal Grant B access costs award.
What it does
Existing law, the Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A Entitlement Awards, the Cal Grant B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Expanded Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. Existing law establishes eligibility requirements for awards under the Cal Grant Program for participating students attending qualifying postsecondary educational institutions. Existing law limits an award for access costs, as defined, under the Cal Grant B Program to no more than $1,551, except as specified, but allows this amount to be adjusted in the annual Budget Act.
More detail
This bill, commencing with the 2027–28 award year, would instead require the award for access costs under the Cal Grant B program to be at least the maximum per-student amount provided in the 2025–26 award year and would require that award amount to be increased annually by the amount of the percentage increase, if any, in the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as specified.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 14May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.Latest
- May 8Set for hearing May 14.
- Apr 13April 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 27Set for hearing April 13.
- Mar 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3688.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 12From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.Major
- Mar 12Set for hearing March 25.
- Feb 18Referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Feb 10From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- Feb 9Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced