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California budget cuts Cal Grants at most private schools - Education - The Sacramento Bee

California budget cuts Cal Grants at most private schools - Education - The Sacramento Bee:


California budget cuts Cal Grants at most private schools

California students will no longer be able to use state scholarships to pay tuition at most for-profit colleges under the final budget plan lawmakers are expected to send Gov. Jerry Brown today.

Maria Luna, 23, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, wears her graduation cap from California State University, Sacramento, as she watches Assembly action in May on a college aid bill that would help some undocumented students.


WHO'S IN, WHO'S OUT

The state budget plan would restrict which colleges can accept Cal Grants, the scholarships the state gives to low-income students. Here's a look at which schools are in and out in the Sacramento region.