California Education Code

§ 70048

EDC § 70048 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 5 · Title 3 · Part 42 · Ch. 2 · Art. 24

Statute text

(a)An institution of higher education shall not reduce the institutional gift aid offer of a student who is eligible to receive a federal Pell Grant award, a Cal Grant award, or financial assistance under the California Dream Act for an academic year as a result of private scholarship awards designated for the student unless the student’s gift aid exceeds the student’s annual cost of attendance.

(b)The institution may reduce the institutional gift aid offer of a student who is eligible to receive a federal Pell Grant award, a Cal Grant award, or financial assistance under the California Dream Act by no more than the amount of the student’s gift aid that is in excess of the student’s annual cost of attendance.

(c)The institution shall not consider receipt or anticipated receipt of private scholarships when considering a student who is eligible to receive a federal Pell Grant award, a Cal Grant award, or financial assistance under the California Dream Act for qualification for institutional gift aid.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 2) and added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 851, Sec. 3. (AB 3240) Effective January 1, 2025. Operative July 1, 2025, by its own provisions.