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AB 2251STATE · CaliforniaIntroduced

Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program: cost of attendance.

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, and prescribes requirements that postsecondary educational institutions must comply with in order to be a qualifying postsecondary educational institution for purposes of the Cal Grant Program, including, among others, certain disclosure requirements. This bill would require, as part of the criteria to be a qualifying institution under the Cal Grant Program, an institution, no later than the start of the 2027–28 academic year, to develop and implement a cost of attendance policy and adjustment process to estimate and adjust cost of attendance information in a manner that is consistent with federal standards, as specified.

Voted 9/3/2026View source

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How representatives voted

77 yea·0 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 6/29/2026In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  2. 6/17/2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  3. 6/3/2026Referred to Com. on ED.
  4. 5/27/2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  5. 5/26/2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.)
  6. 5/19/2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  7. 5/18/2026Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
  8. 5/14/2026From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 14).
  9. 5/6/2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  10. 4/20/2026Re-referred to Com. on APPR.