June 23, 2022
From 1972 to today, the federal Pell Grant program has provided need-based grant aid to 80 million low- and moderate-income students to help them achieve the dream of a college degree. Fifty years in, Pell Grants remain the federal government’s most effective investment in college affordability — but the share of college costs covered by the grant is at an all-time low.
September 7, 2021
Senate Floor Alert from diverse coalition of over two dozen organizations in support of AB 1456 (Medina, McCarty, Leyva), the Cal Grant Reform Act, as amended September 3, 2021.
September 2, 2021
The California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education will sunset at the end of 2021 unless the legislature passes a bill to reauthorize the agency this year. SB 802 (Roth) will temporarily reauthorize the Bureau for one year, with a sunset review process scheduled for 2022.
August 24, 2021
The California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education will sunset at the end of 2021 unless the legislature passes a bill to reauthorize the agency this year. SB 802 (Roth) will temporarily reauthorize the Bureau for one year, with a sunset review process scheduled for 2022. SB 802 is currently in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and TICAS and partners submitted a ...
August 20, 2021
Coalition letter from over 30 organizations urging the Senate Appropriations Committee to vote in support of AB 1456.
July 9, 2021
Over two dozen diverse organizations urge the Senate Education Committee to vote in support of AB 1456, the Cal Grant Reform Act, as amended April 12, 2021. This bill builds upon recent historic budget investments in the Cal Grant program by streamlining and simplifying it, removing barriers to Cal Grant access based on GPA, and ensuring that California’s least-resourced stud..
July 2, 2021
A coalition of 30 diverse organizations representing higher education advocacy, civil rights and social justice, business and workforce, and student leadership, express their appreciation to state leaders for historic investments in college affordability – and entitlement Cal Grants for community college students in particular – in the 2021-22 California budget agreement.
