California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2251: Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program: cost of attendance.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 69432.7 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid. student financial aid 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…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to amend Section 69432.7 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid. student financial aid 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. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do …