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CA AB1961

Bill

Status

Failed

11/30/2016

Primary Sponsor

Catharine Baker

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Origin

State Assembly

2015-2016 Session

AI Summary

  • Increases maximum tuition award amount for Cal Grant A and B awards at private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions to no less than $10,000 for the 2017-18 award year and each year thereafter (up from $9,084 for 2015-16 and 2016-17)

  • Maintains maximum tuition award amount of $8,056 for new recipients attending accredited private for-profit postsecondary educational institutions for 2017-18 and subsequent award years

  • Requires private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions to submit performance metrics to the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities as a condition for Cal Grant funding to their students

  • Mandates the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities to report specified data to the Legislature, Governor, Department of Finance, and Legislative Analyst's Office by March 15, 2017 and annually thereafter

  • Requires reporting on undergraduate enrollment, transfer students, Pell Grant and Cal Grant recipients, graduation rates, degrees awarded, and other institutional performance metrics disaggregated by student aid status and ethnicity

Legislative Description

Student financial aid: Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcel los Cal Grant Program: private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions.

Last Action

From committee without further action.

11/30/2016

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/20/2016
Higher Education3/17/2016

Full Bill Text

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