Coalition Letter

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..

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.

Coalition letter from 37 organizations to the Department of Education sharing its negotiated rulemaking priorities including substantial student and borrower representation among negotiators, and strengthening safeguards against predatory practices from for-profit institutions by reinstating the gainful employment regulation and having a strong borrower defense rule.

Letter to California Asm. Higher Education Committees Regarding SB 802 and Reauthorization of the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

A coalition of over 40 nonprofit policy, advocacy and research organizations sent a letter to Congressional leaders expressing strong support for a $62 billion investment in evidence-based student success initiatives.

Coalition letter from over 20 diverse organizations respectfully urging Governor Newsom and legislative leadership to include the legislative budget committees’ historic investments in Cal Grants in the final 2021-22 California budget.